Changkui

Changkui.（Camellia japonica）  Synonym: None Originate: Chongqing   Characteristics: Plant habit medium vigorous, open, on average growth in branches ,with large angle of shoots, most branches horizontal. Leaf elliptical, green, apex apiculate, base broad obtuse, measured 7 cm to 8.5cm across by 3.5cm to 4.5cm wide, serrate obviously, flat and glossy in surface. Corolla and sepals, boll-shaped. Sepals, with white silk like hairs. Petals， 5〜 6, in 1〜 2 rows, imbricated regularly， margins slightly crinkled. Stamens, well-developed, fertile，filaments fused at basal 1/2 part and arranged as tubular type, anthers massively as ball. Flowers red, single form, diameter 6 ~ 8cm, medium in quantity. Flowering February to April, with full blossom in mid March.Key points of identification: Single form flower. Filaments combined at basal 1/2 part. Thinner texture of petals. Corolla bell-shaped.

氅盔 Changkui 周利主编、2011《川茶品种图鉴》 p.26。树势中等，树冠开张，成枝力中等，分枝角度大，枝多横伸；叶椭圆形，先端短尖，基部宽楔形，叶长7cm-8.5cm,宽3.5cm〜4.5cm,叶绿色，叶齿明显，叶面平展光亮；花萼，花冠钟状，萼片具白色绢状毛，花瓣质地较薄，边缘略皱褶，花瓣1轮~2轮，5枚~6枚，覆瓦状排列整齐，雌雄蕊发育完全，能结实，花丝基部1/2以上连生，排列成简状，花药密集成团，花红色，花量中等，单瓣型，花径6cm~8cm,花期2月至4月，盛花期3月中下旬。识别特征：单瓣型，花丝基部1/2以上连生，花瓣质地较薄，花萼花冠钟状。原始产地：重庆