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Camellia polyodonta How ex H.H.Hu
Flower
Leaf
Branch
Explanations
- Origin
- Introduced to Japan in 1981,but the number of plants grown in Japan isstill small.
- Distribution:Kwangsi.
- Characteristics
- Flowers: Deep-red,5-7 petals,7-10cm in diameter.Both styles and filaments are hairy.Flowering in February to March.
- Leaves:Oblong-elliptic,10-14cm long and 4-6cm wide,shining,deep-green, impressed along the veins.Easily distinguished from other species because of pointed serration.
- 2n=30.
- Uses
- This species has been cultivated for oil in souch China,but because of their beautiful flowers,it has been planted in parks recently.
- 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
