滇南毛蕊山茶 dian nan mao rui shan cha

Year-old branchlets with pubescence becoming black; current year branchlets yellowish villous. Leaf blade larger, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, to 15 × 6 cm, secondary veins abaxially visible to rarely slightly raised or impressed. Bracteoles and sepals velutinous on both surfaces. Filaments glabrous or inner ones sparsely pilose. Fl. Dec-Jan, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 90*.

● Forests; 1500-2900 m. C Yunnan (Jingdong).