Camellia grijsii Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Theaceae > Camellia

Characteristics

Shrubs 1-4 m tall. Year-old branchlets grayish brown, glabrescent; current year branchlets grayish white pubescent. Petiole 5-10 mm, pubescent or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 3.5-9 × 2-4.5 cm, thickly leathery, abaxially pale green, reddish punctate, sparsely appressed pubescent when young but glabrescent except villous along midvein, and becoming yellowish brown when dry, adaxially dark green, shiny, and glabrous, secondary veins 6 or 7 on each side of midvein, secondary and reticulate veins abaxially raised and adaxially very impressed, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, margin serrulate to sharply serrulate, apex bluntly acute to shortly acuminate. Flowers axillary or subterminal, solitary, fragrant, 3-5 cm in diam., subsessile. Bracteoles and sepals 7 or 8, caducous, brown, thinly leathery, outside white pubescent near apex, inside glabrous, margin ciliolate; outer 2 or 3 bracteoles and sepals lunate to semiorbicular, 2-4 mm; inner 5 bracteoles and sepals sepaloid, suborbicular, 6-10(-12) mm. Petals 5 or 6, white, obovate, 1.5-3.5 × (1-)1.5-2.5 cm, distinct, apically 2-parted for 5-10 mm. Stamens 7-10 mm, glabrous; outer filament whorl basally unequally connate for 5-7 mm. Ovary globose, yellowish tomentose; style 3-4 mm, glabrous, 3-parted to near base or middle. Capsule oblate, 1.5-2.5 cm in diam., 1-3-loculed with 1 or 2 seeds per locule. Seeds brown, semiorbicular to globose. Fl. Jan-Mar, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Forests, thickets; at elevations from 100-1,500 metres.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 2-7
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal oil
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Camellia grijsii unspecified picture

Distribution

Camellia grijsii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:828519-1
WFO ID wfo-0000582374
COL ID 5WWLL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Thea greysii Camellia grijsii Camellia yuhsienensis Thea grijsii Camellia odorata Camellia grijsii var. grijsii

Lower taxons

Camellia grijsii var. shensiensis