Shrub or small tree. Leaves tapering at the tip, mostly less than 5 cm long and up to 2 cm wide. Bracts 4. Flowers white, mostly about 1 cm wide, petals 5, about 1 cm long, shortly joined to the base of the stamens. Stamens finely hairy.

China, Taiwan

Flowers about 1 cm wide, shortly stalked with 5 petals; stamens finely hairy.

Source: Withers, R.M.; Spencer, R. (1997). Camellia. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.