大果核果茶(原变种) da guo he guo cha (yuan bian zhong)

Camellia spectabilis Champion, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 310. 1851; Pyrenaria championii H. Keng, nom. illeg. superfl.; Thea spectabilis (Champion) Kochs; Tutcheria brachycarpa Hung T. Chang; T. championii Nakai, nom. illeg. superfl.; T. hexalocularia Hu & S. Ye Liang ex Hung T. Chang; T. spectabilis (Champion) Dunn.

Flowers 6-10 cm in diam. Pedicel 2-6 mm, usually less than l cm. Capsule 4-8 cm in diam.; pericarp ca. 5 mm thick when dry. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct.

Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 300-1500 m. S Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi [N Vietnam].