Dahong Mudancha

Dahong mudancha. (Camellia japonica)  Synonym: None  Originate: Chongqing  Characteristics: Plant growth vigorous, with open canopy, abundantly branching, most shoots spreading horizontally, proliferous shoots. Leaves green, flat, heavy texture, glossy, measured 9 cm to 10 cm across by 4 cm to 5 cm wide, elliptic, with apex caudate, base obtuse, serrate deep and dense, easy to sun burning. Calyxes are opening. Flowers are bright red, diameter 9 cm to 11cm, rounded, with apex notched, irregular petals, white spots in central petals, 12 segments imbricated compactly in 3-4 rows. Petaloids by all stamens, irregular sized and imbricated irregularly, with white spots in central petaloids, anemone form. Blooming January to April, at fully blooming in March.  Key points of identification: dense foliage and abundant shoots, serration deep and dense, heavy texture, with occasional white spots in petals, with white stripes and spots in central petaloids.

大红牡丹茶 Dahong Mudancha  周利主编、2011《川茶品种图鉴》 p.42。树势开张，长势健壮，成枝力强，枝多横生，枝叶茂密；叶绿色，叶片平展，质地厚实光亮，叶长9cm-10cm,宽4cm-5cm，叶椭圆形，先端渐尖，叶尖较长，基部楔形，叶齿深密，该品种易被强光灼伤；花萼开张，花大红色，花径9cm-11cm，花瓣圆形，瓣端缺凹，质地厚实、平展，排列紧凑，花瓣上有少量白色斑点，3轮-4轮，12枚，雄蕊完个瓣化，瓣化瓣大小不整齐，排列不规则，花心部瓣化瓣有白色斑块，托桂型，花量中等，花期1月-4月，盛花期3月。识别特征：枝叶茂密，叶齿深密，花瓣质地厚实，有少量白色斑点。花心部瓣化瓣有白色斑块原始产地：重庆