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Camellia gigantocarpa Hu et T.C.Huang
Leaf
Branch
Explanations
- Origin
- A few clones was introduced to Japan in 1979 and 1980,but has not bloomed yet.
- Distribution:Kwangsi.
- Characteristics
- Flowers:White,6-7 petals,10-12cm in diameter.Flowering in November to January in south China.
- Leaves:Elliptic to oblong-elliptic,large,9-15cm long and 5-9cm wide, shining,yellow-green,impressed along veins.
- 2n=30.
- Uses
- Cultivated in south China as oil plants.Its capsules are especially large,and is said to become as large as 13cm in diameter.
- This species is difficult to graft on either C.japonica or C.sasanqua.
- 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
