Camellia yokdonensis

 Camellia yokdonensis Dung bis & Hakoda, Int. Camellia J. 39: 56 (-57; fig.) (2007), nom. inval.

Camellia yokdonensis Dung bis & Hakoda, Photo by Dinh  Quang Diep

its native range is Vietnam.

Latin name:

Camellia yokdonensis Dung bis & Hakoda

Family:

Camellia L.

Synonyms:

No

Vietnamese name:

Trà mi yokdon. 

Describtion:

Small tree, 3-5 m high, young branchesbrownish-gray, pubescent. old branchesgreyish-brown, glabrous. Leaves shortlystalked; blade fairly thick and coriaceous,oblong, 15-20 cm long and 5.5-6 cm wide,acute apex, cuneate or fairly obtuse atthe base, deep green and shining above,glabrous, light green with scattered browncork-warts below, glabrous, lateral veins7-8 pairs, sunken above, protruding below,margins serrulate; petioles 6-10 mm long,pubescent.Flowers sub-sessile, orange-red, 3-4.3 cmin diameter, terminal on young shoots,perules 6-8, petals 7-10. Androecium about170 stamens, filaments about 20 mm, outerfilaments united 5-7 mm from the base andunited with petals at the base. Gynoeciumovaries 3, styles 3, 10-13 mm long, trifid atthe apex for 5-6 mm, yellow, glabrous

Fruit and Flowering:

Summer

Distribution: 

Vietnam.

Ecology:

Chemical and Pharmacology:

Cultivation

Uses:

Type Information:

Distribution Of Types:

Vietnam (Indo-China, Asia-Tropical)

References:

https://www.ipni.org/n/77091649-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77091649-1

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250096535