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Japanese Camellia🌺
Camellia japonica
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An evergreen small tree native to Japan. Blooms red, white, or pink flowers from winter to spring. The way flowers drop whole (rather than petal by petal) was historically considered an ill omen by samurai. Camellia oil is used as hair oil and cooking oil.
Identification Points
- ✓Glossy dark green leaves
- ✓Flowers drop whole (the entire flower, not individual petals)
- ✓Numerous stamens with filaments fused into a tube
- ✓Fruit is spherical, splitting into 3 segments when ripe
Habitat
Mountain forests, gardens, parks
Season
December to April (flowers)
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf dissection
Dissected
Leaf shape
Ovate
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Evergreen
Petal count
5 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Flower color
Red
Flowering season
Spring
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Positionツバキ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Ericales > Theaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Sources & References
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