Camellia oleifera
Tea-oil camellia · also Oil-seed camellia, Tea oil plant
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Camellia oleifera is a small evergreen tree or large shrub native to China and Indochina, known for its dark green leaves and fragrant white flowers that bloom in fall and winter. It forms a rounded or oval crown with multiple upright trunks and branches. It is valued for ornamental appeal and as a source of edible oil from its seeds, preferring light shade and protection from cold winds, and attracts birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 910.06%—2.6 in
- 20.00%——
- 20.00%—12 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.6 in, mean 3.0 in, 90th percentile 4.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
- Myanmar coastal rain forests
- Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
Other Camellia in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
