Branches are yellow-brown, and branchlets are green or green-purple to purple-brown.
Petals are bowl-shaped and divided into single petals or double petals. Single petals are mostly original flowers, and double petals can reach as many as 60.
The leaves are oval, oblong, ovoid to obovate, and the length is 4 ~ 10 cm.
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Camellia japonica L., also known as camellia, camellia, camellia evergreen shrubs and small trees.
It was called sea pomegranate in ancient times.
There are aliases such as Yu Minghua, Naidong or Datura, and they are also divided into East China Camellia, Sichuan Camellia and Late Camellia.
Camellia is a traditional ornamental flower in China, ranking seventh among the "Ten Famous Flowers" and one of the precious flowers and trees in the world.
Distributed in Chongqing, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangxi and Shandong; Japan and the Korean peninsula are also distributed.
Camellia cultivation has a long history in China.
Camellia has been planted since the Southern Dynasties.
Camellia was cultivated as a precious flower in the Tang Dynasty.
By the Song Dynasty, it was very popular to grow camellias.
Camellia from Wenzhou was introduced to Hangzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty and developed rapidly.
The History of Flowers in Ming Dynasty described and classified the varieties of camellia.
In the Qing Dynasty, camellia was cultivated more vigorously, and varieties of camellia came out continuously.
Since 1949, the cultivation level of camellia in China has been improved to some extent, and the variety selection has developed.
There are more than 300 kinds of camellias in China.