Mostly small tree. Leaves mostly elliptic or obovate to about 8 cm long. Flowers creamy, about 2 cm wide; late spring to early summer. Fruit round, about 1.25 cm wide. [T. japonica of authors not Thunb.]
India to Japan
Source: (1997). Camellia. In: . 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.
