荔果茶 Camellia litchi Hung T.ChangCamellia litchi

Camellia litchi, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Tuburculata, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.71: Camellia litchii Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 50. 1981. [Description] Shrub or small tree, branchlets glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate to long-ovate, 6-8. 5 cm long, 2.5-3. 8 cm wide, apices acuminate or acute; bases rounded, sometimes broadly cuneate or slightly cordate; green above in the dry state, slightlyshiny, glabrous; light green or the same color below, glabrous; lateral veins 10-12 pairs, protruding above, faintly evident below; margins sharply serrulate, teeth every 2-3mm; petioles 4-6 mm long glabrous. Flowers not seen. Capsules globose, ca. 2 cm in diameter, 3-locular, 1 seed per locule; pericarp tuberculate or irregularly rugose, 1. 5mm thick; seeds semiglobose, 1.4 cm in diameter, dark brown, exterior pubescent. 

荔果茶Camellia litchi Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第50页。【标本】贵州：与广西交界，平州，1930年9月14日蒋英7130 (模式Typus! in Bot Inst. Aqstro-Sin.)。【形态特征】灌木至小乔木，嫩枝无毛。叶薄革质，卵形至长卵形，长6-8.5厘米，宽2.5-3.8厘米，先端渐尖或急短尖，基部圆形，有时阔楔形或微心形，上面干后绿色，稍发亮，无毛，下面浅绿色或同色，无毛，侧脉10-12对，在上面突起，在下面隐约能见，边缘有尖锐细锯齿，齿刻相隔2-3毫米，叶柄长4-6毫米，无毛。花未见。蒴果球形，直径约2厘米，3室，每室有种子1粒；果皮多瘤状突及不规则皱摺沟，厚1.5毫米；种子半圆球形，直径1.4厘米，褐色，表面有毛。