小果短柱茶 Camellia confusa (Craib) Cohen-StuartCamellia confusa

Camellia confusa, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.50: Camellia confusa(Craib) Cohen-Stuart, Meded. Proefst. Thee 40: 71. 1916. [Description] This species is distinguished from C. oleifera by the bracts and sepals being scarious, pedicels shorter; capsules minute, elliptic, less than 2 cm long, 1-locular, valves thin, only 1 seed.  [Distribution] Yunnan, Guangxi, Thailand, Laos, Burma. [Synonym] Thea confusa Craib, Kew Bull. 1914(1):5. 1914. \C. oleifera Abel var. confusa (Craib) Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 209. 1958.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.180. Flowers are white, slightly fragrant, 4.0-6.0 cm in diameter, borne in leaf axils; bud set very heavy. Perules 10, slightly puberulent. Petals 5, 2.0-3.0 cm long and 0.8-1.8 cm wide, oblong to obovate, notched at the tip, glabrous. Androecium 0.8-1.5 cm long, free at the base. Gynoecium 5-12 mm long, 3 styles, free, not fused, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: late autumn to late winter. Capsules ovoid, 1.7-2.1 cm long, sparsely villous, green, yellow or red at maturity, 1-2 seeds per fruit, pericarp wall thin. Seed oil content ranges from 45%-53%.Leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, tip acuminate or acute, base cuneate or suborbicular, 7.0-13.5 cm long, 2.5-6.0 cm wide, margin shallowly serrulate, upper midvein puberulent. Petioles 4-13 mm long, pubescent. Shrub or small tree up to 9 m tall, young shoots densely pubescent, older branches smooth, gray-brown in color. Distribution: Southern Yunnan and Guangxi, north-east-ern Guizhou, China, and in Burma, India, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam; Elevation: 800-1,650 m; Specific locality: Houshan,Daxi Township, Dafang County, Guizhou Province, China.

小果短柱茶Camellia confusa Craib in Kew Bull. 1914, 5. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第34页。【标本】云南 Yunnan：勐腊，王启无80177, 80223；景洪，王启无75687；临沧，王启无76677；六顺，王启无81099；中苏联合考察队5458，7692。 广西 Kwangsi：十万大山，秦仁昌8171。分布：云南，广西，泰国，老挝，緬甸。【形态特征】这个种和油茶C.oleifera Abel的区别，在于苞及萼片干膜质，花柱较短，蒴果细小，櫥圆形，长不过2厘米，果爿薄，1室，只有种子1个。

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180页。花白色，略芳香，花径4.0~6.0厘米，腋生，花芽密集。鳞片10枚，被微柔毛。花瓣5枚，长2.0~3.0厘米，宽0.8~1.8厘米，长圆形至倒卵形，先端凹，无毛。雄蕊长0.8~1.5厘米，基部离生。雌蕊长5~12毫米，花柱3裂，离生，子房被绒毛。花期秋末至冬末。蒴果卵形，长1.7~2.1厘米，被稀疏长柔毛，成熟时呈绿色、黄色或红色，每果通常有1~2粒种子，果皮薄。种子含油量约为45%~53%。叶椭圆形至阔椭圆形，先端渐尖或急尖，基部楔形或近圆形，长7.0~13.5厘米，宽2.5~6.0厘米，边缘具浅齿，叶面中脉被微柔毛。叶两面有小疣点。叶柄长4~13毫米，被短柔毛。灌木或小乔木，高度可达9米，嫩枝被密短柔毛，老枝光滑，灰褐色。分布：中国云南省南部、广西壮族自治区南部、 贵州省西北部以及老挝、缅甸、泰国、印度、越南等 国，海拔800-1650米。可寻地点:贵州省大方县达溪后山。