Section：Oleifera
Conservation Status：Data Deficient
Remarks：This name is accepted
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Drupifera oleosa Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 140 (1838) Homotypic Synonym
Thea drupifera (Lour.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 119 (1887) Homotypic Synonym
Thea sasanqua var. loureiroi Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 115-116 (1887) Homotypic Synonym
Camellia gauchowensis Hung T.Chang Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1961(4): 58 (1961) Heterotypic Synonym
高州油茶 中山大学学报 1961(4): 58 Chinese Name
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Camellia drupifera Lour. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984) cited as Camellia vietnamensis Huang ex Hu, Acta Phytotax.Sin. 10: 138. 1965. Camellias, p.38: [Description] Branchletspubescent. Leaves elliptic, 5-12 cmlong, 2-5 cm wide. Flowers white, 7-11cm indiameter, bracts and sepals 9, petals 5-7 , stamens slightly connate, ovaries3-5-locular, styles 3-5-parted or basally connate. Capsules globose, 4-6 cm indiameter. The leaf and flower size of this species is relatively large. Thosegrowing at 800-950 min the mountains have oblong leaves, to 12 cm long. Thosegrowing at lower elevationshave elliptical leaves, leaf blades thicker, wrinkledin the dry state, veins usually obscure. Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.175-176 as Camellia vietnamensis.
Flora of China (2007). 12: 410: Shrubs or trees, 2–8 m tall, 9–30 cm d.b.h. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets reddish brown, glabrous. Petiole 5–7 mm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to broadly elliptic, 5–12 × 3–5 cm, leathery, abaxially pale green and glabrous, adaxially dark green, shiny, and hirtellous along midvein or glabrescent, midvein raised on both surfaces, secondary veins 7–9 on each side of midvein, abaxially slightly raised, and adaxially visible, base rounded to obtuse, margin serrulate, apex acute to shortly acuminate and with an obtuse tip. Flowers solitary, axillary, fragrant, 6–7.5 cm in diam., subsessile. Bracteoles and sepals 10–12 or more, caducous, glabrous, margin ciliolate; outer bracteoles and sepals semiorbicular, 1–2 mm; inner bracteoles and sepals sepaloid, ovate to suborbicular, to 1 cm. Petals 5–8, white, nearly distinct, obovate, 3–6 × 1.5–3.5 cm, apically 2-parted for 7–10 mm. Stamens 1.2–1.7 cm, glabrous; outer filament whorl basally connate for 1–2 mm to nearly distinct. Ovary tomentose, 3–5-loculed; styles 3–5, 1–1.5 cm, glabrous, distinct nearly to base. Capsule globose to ovoid, 4–7 cm in diam., 3–5-loculed with 1–4 seeds per locule; pericarp 6–8 mm thick, woody, splitting into 3–5 valves. Seeds brown. Fl. Dec–Jan, fr. Oct. 2n = 30, 105, 120. Forests, thickets; 100–700 m. CHINA:SW Guangdong, S Guangxi, Hainan; VIETNAM.
This species have often been confused with Camellia oleifera and Camellia sasanqua, due to the incomplete original description of the species.The species is found in Vietnam and southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan). However, it is often uncertain if particular collections are wild, cultivated, or escaped.
Camellia drupifera has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2015. Camellia drupifera is listed as Data Deficient.
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越南油茶Camellia drupifera Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 411 (1790). 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第23页。【标本】广西Kwangsi：柳州，黄作杰2042(模式）；陆川，黄作杰2033；南宁，林科所栽培，梁盛业6403514；南宁，张宏达6650，6651,大青山，张宏达6688，6689。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶椭圆形，5-12x2-5厘米；花白，直径7-11厘米，苞及萼片9，花瓣5-7；雄蕊微连生，子房3-5室，花柱3-5条或部分连合，蒴果圆球形，直径4一6厘米。这个种的叶形变化较大，生在800-950米的山地的叶片为长圆形，长达12厘米，生于平地阳处的叶片为椭圆形；叶片较厚，干后皱缩，叶脉通常不明显。高继银、帕克斯、杜跃强，2005. 《山茶属植物主要原种彩色图集》浙江科学技术出版社，第175-176页
Flora of China (2007): 灌木或乔木，高2-8米，胸径9-30厘米。幼枝灰褐色，当年生小枝红褐色，无毛。叶柄长5-7毫米，无毛；叶片椭圆形至宽椭圆形，长5-12厘米，宽3-5厘米，革质，下面淡绿色，无毛，上面深绿色，有光泽，沿中脉被糙毛或后脱落，中脉两面均隆起，次脉在中脉两侧各7-9条，背面微隆起，上面可见，基部圆至钝，边缘有细锯齿，顶端急尖至短渐尖，先端钝。花单生于腋生，芳香，直径6-7.5厘米，近无柄。苞片和萼片10-12片或更多，早落，无毛，边缘具短缘毛；外层苞片和萼片半圆形，长1-2毫米；内层苞片和萼片萼片状，卵形至近圆形，长达1厘米。花瓣5-8片，白色，近离生，倒卵形，长3-6厘米，宽1.5-3.5厘米，顶端2深裂，长7-10毫米。雄蕊长1.2-1.7厘米，无毛；外轮花丝基部合生，长1-2毫米至近离生。子房被绒毛，3-5室；花柱3-5，长1-1.5厘米，无毛，近离生于基部。蒴果球形至卵形，直径4-7厘米，3-5室，每室有1-4颗种子；果皮厚6-8毫米，木质，裂成3-5裂片。种子棕色。12月至1月开花，10月结果。2n = 30, 105, 120。森林，灌丛；海拔100-700米。中国：广东西南部、广西南部、海南; 越南。
越南油茶最近一次于 2015年进行了IUCN濒危等级评估，被评为数据缺乏 Data Deficient（DD）。
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Species in the Same Section: 高州油茶 Camellia gauchowensis Hung T.Chang、油茶 Camellia oleifera C.Abel、茶梅 Camellia sasanqua Thunb.、攸县油茶 Camellia yuhsienensis Hu
