''Camellia crapnelliana'', Crapnell's camellia (), is a flowering ''

Camellia ''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in tropical and subtropical areas in East Asia, eastern and South Asia, southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are ...

'' native to

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and other parts of south-eastern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. In 1903, the

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

was first collected and described by W. J. Tutcher from Mount Parker,

; only one plant was found at that time.

Description

''Camellia crapnelliana'' is a tall small tree with thickly leathery leaves and solitary and terminal flowers.

Distribution

It is distributed in Hong Kong on Mount Parker, and in Mau Ping on

Ma On Shan Ma On Shan may refer to: * Ma On Shan (peak) ( zh, t=馬鞍山, s=马鞍山, l=saddle peak, links=no), a mountain in the New Territories of Hong Kong * Ma On Shan (town), a New Town in the New Territories on the foot of Ma On Shan mountain * Ma On ...

peak. It is also distributed in

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

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in China.

Uses

The seed oil is edible. ''Camellia crapnelliana'' was introduced to Japan in 1968. Only a small number of plants have been cultivated in Japan because grafting on ''

Camellia japonica ''Camellia japonica'', known as common camellia, or Japanese camellia, is a species of Camellia, a flowering plant genus in the family Theaceae. There are thousands of cultivars of ''C. japonica'' in cultivation, with many colors and forms of flo ...

'' or ''

Camellia sasanqua ''Camellia sasanqua'', with common name sasanqua camellia, is a species of ''Camellia'' native plant, native to southern Japan (Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands and Shikoku). It is usually found growing up to an altitude of . Growing to tall, this evergr ...

'' is difficult.

Conservation

In Hong Kong, ''Camellia crapnelliana'' is a protected species under Forestry Regulations Cap. 96A.

References

crapnelliana Flora of Hong Kong Trees of China Vulnerable plants {{Theaceae-stub