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Camellia caudata Wallich
Leaf
Branch
Explanations
- Origin
- The clone cultivated in Japan was introduced from Assam distinct by Ando.
- Distribution:Chekiang,Kwangtung,Kwangsi,Yunnan,Hainan,Formosa,Hongkong,Vietnam,Burma,Assam,Bhutan.
- Characteristics
- Flowers:White,5-6 petals,about 2cm in diameter,hairy on both styles and filaments.Flowering in October to March.
- Leaves:Narrow-elliptic to broad-lanceolate,caudate apex,deep-green, less shiny.
- 2n=30.
- Uses
- Branches tend to spread and leaf tips tends to weep.Floweres are smalland inconspicuous,therefore it seems to have little usage.
- References
- N.Hakoda N.Adachi:"The species of the genus camellia (The collections of Seibu-Maizuru botanica institute)" Bulletin of the Seibu-Maizuru botanical institute 1:1-54
