Liangye Jinxin

Chang, Shao Yun, 1987, Camellias from Zhe­jiang, p.46: The plant reaches a small tree, 5-7 m. tall, branches spreading, irregular, strong grey­ish, upper slanting, lower pendant. Leaves large, elliptic, glossy, thick-leathery, new growth red tinted and tip of leaf bud, red. Flowers sparse, single, scarlet, 5 cm across, petals 5-6, incised, connate, tube-like at base, 5 cm long, arranged in two rows. Stamens more than 100, joined into a short tube. Buds long-ovate to ovate-elliptic, pointed, green with scorched margins. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in China.

亮叶金心 Camellia japonica ‘Liangye Jinxin’。汪亦萍、俞仲辂，中国建筑工业出版社，1989《山茶花》第19页。单瓣型，小乔木，枝叶茂密，小枝粗壮，生长旺盛。叶椭圆形，少数长卵形，表面亮绿色，长8-10厘米，宽4-5厘米，先端渐尖，基部阔楔形，锯齿粗锐。侧网脉微凹，细隐。叶面平展，质厚。花蕾卵形，苞萼片青黄色，边缘锈褐色。花鲜红色，花瓣5-6片。雄蕊多数，花丝白色，较短，长仅达花冠中部，基部连合成管状。雌蕊发育正常，花柱长，伸出雄蕊外达1厘米以上，柱头三浅裂。花期：3月-4月。

陈绍云等,1985《浙江山茶花》46页。小乔木，高达5-6米，树冠开张，不正形。枝条健壮，灰白色，树冠上部枝条斜生，下部枝条下垂。叶片大，椭圆形，互生羽状排列，页面光亮，厚革质，嫩叶略带红晕，叶芽先端红色。花单瓣型。着花较稀疏，单生于树冠内外部。花大红色，直径5厘米，花瓣排成2轮，通常5片，稀6片，瓣端有缺口，基部连生成管状，高达5厘米。雄蕊发达，达100多枚，基部一半连生，形成短管状。雌蕊发育完全，藏在雄蕊内，柱头分裂，裂口深达3毫米。花蕾长卵形至卵状椭圆形，尖头，绿色有焦边。花期3-4月。生长适应性强。