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Camellia reticulata (syn. C. heterophylla) is a species of Camellia
Camellia

Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are native to eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia....
 native to southwestern China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, in Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
 Province. The wild populations are restricted to mixed mountain forest in western and central Yunnan.

It is a loosely-branched shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
 or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
, which can grow up to 10-15 metres in height.. The leaves are elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5-11 cm long and 4-5.5 cm wide. The venation is obscure..






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Camellia reticulata (syn. C. heterophylla) is a species of Camellia
Camellia

Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are native to eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia....
 native to southwestern China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, in Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
 Province. The wild populations are restricted to mixed mountain forest in western and central Yunnan.

It is a loosely-branched shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
 or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
, which can grow up to 10-15 metres in height.. The leaves are elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5-11 cm long and 4-5.5 cm wide. The venation is obscure.. The flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are 6-10 cm in diameter, soft-pink to deep-pink, with 5-11 petals. They are perulate, terminal or axillary; flowering is in January to March in south-east China. . The fruit capsule is about 3.6 cm long and 4.6 cm diameter.

Symbolism and uses

It is the floral emblem of Yunnan. It has been cultivated for a long history both for tea oil
Tea oil

Tea seed oil is an edible, pale amber-green fixed oil with a sweet, herbal aroma. It is cold-pressed mainly from the seeds of Camellia oleifera but also from Camellia sinensis or Camellia japonica....
 and for its ornamental value.