Section：Thea
Conservation Status：Data Deficient
Remarks：
This name is synonym of Camellia laotica
References：
Camellia sealyana Rivers, M.C. 2018. Camellia sealyana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T62057972A62058004. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62057972A62058004.en. Accessed on 23 April 2025. Cited Name [PDF]
» Description
Camellia sealyana T.L.Ming in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 21: 158 (1999). ---Thea laotica Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 10: 128. 1942 et in Suppl. Fl. Gen. Indochine 1:314.1943 quoad Poilane 13743 --- Camellia sp. Sealy Rev. Gen. Camellia 138 fig. 64.1958
Shrub about 2.5 m tall; current-year branchlets purplish, hirtellous; previous-year branches fulvous, glabrous; buds sericeous. Leaves thinly leathery, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 6–8.5 cm long, 2–3.4 cm wide, apex obtuse, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin serrate; upper surface shiny when dry, lower surface greenish, sparsely red-puncticulate, pilose; midrib impressed above, elevated beneath; lateral veins 5–7 pairs on each side, conspicuous or slightly prominent above, elevated beneath. Petioles 3–6 mm long, hirtellous. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels ca. 3 mm long, sparsely pubescent; bracteoles 2, caducous; sepals 4–5, unequal, suborbicular, 4–6 mm long, margin membranous, glabrous externally, sericeous internally; petals and stamens caducous; ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-locular; styles 3, free, ca. 6 mm long, glabrous. Capsule unknown.
Laos：Saravane Prov. between L. Sung and L. Loi. 13 Apr. 1887. Poilane 13743 (Type P）
Camellia sealyana has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2015. Camellia sealyana is listed as Data Deficient.
» Distribution
Laos：Saravane Prov. between L. Sung and L. Loi. 13 Apr. 1887. Poilane 13743 (Type P）
» Description
西里茶 Camellia sealyana T.L.Ming in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 21: 158 (1999)
灌木，高约2.5米；当年生小枝略带紫色，具微糙硬毛；前年生小枝黄褐色，无毛；芽被绢毛。叶薄革质，长圆形到长圆状椭圆形，长6-8.5厘米，宽2-3.4厘米，先端钝，基部楔形到宽楔形，边缘有锯齿；上表面干燥时有光泽，下表面带绿色，疏生红色小结，具柔毛；中脉在上面凹陷，在下面隆起；两侧侧脉各5-7对，在上面明显或稍突出，在下面隆起。叶柄长 3-6 毫米，具微糙硬毛。花腋生，单生；花梗长约3毫米，疏生短柔毛；小苞片2，早落；萼片4-5，不等长，近圆形，长4-6毫米，边缘膜质，外部无毛，内部被绢毛；花瓣和雄蕊早落；子房卵球形，无毛，3室；花柱3，离生，长约6毫米，无毛。蒴果未知。
老挝茶最近一次于 2015年进行了IUCN濒危等级评估，被评为数据缺乏 Data Deficient（DD）。
» Distribution
老挝
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