Camellia Crassicolumna seed
LATIN NAME: Camellia crassicolumna
COMMON NAME: Thick-Stemmed Camellia
The thick-stemmed camellia is a handsome, upright, densely branched, evergreen shrub or small tree of the warm forests, and its fine, glossy, oval or oblong, sharply toothed leaves and its fine, single, white or pale-pink, cup-shaped flowers with the many golden stamens, followed by the round, three-celled, woody fruits of the few large seeds, have made it a treasured and fine plant of the region. It grows as an upright, densely branched, evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching up to ten metres or more, with the many upright, branching stems bearing the alternate, glossy, oval or oblong, pointed, sharply toothed leaves and, through the late autumn and the winter, the fine, single, white or pale-pink, cup-shaped flowers with the many golden stamens, followed by the round, three-celled, woody fruits of the few large, oily seeds. It is a species of the flowering shrub in the tea family, and it is native to the warm forests of the southern China and the surrounding regions, while it is treasured for its fine, glossy foliage and its fine, winter flowers, and it is known as the thick-stemmed camellia.
The thick-stemmed camellia belongs to the tea family, Theaceae, and it is a species of the upright, densely branched, evergreen shrub or small tree, native to the warm forests of the southern China and the surrounding regions, while it is treasured for its fine, glossy foliage and its fine, winter flowers, and it is known as the thick-stemmed camellia. It is prized for its fine, glossy, dark-green leaves.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The thick-stemmed camellia has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm forests of the southern China and the surrounding regions, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the forest have been examined, while the ecology of the warm forest shrubs has drawn attention in the international botanical press as a fine subject of the shrub study, and its fine, glossy, sharply toothed leaves have been of interest to the botanists. The plant has also been studied in the food science and the chemistry of the natural products, since the fine seeds of the camellia carry a fine, clear, pale oil, and researchers have examined the seeds and their fine oil, while the value of the camellia oil has drawn attention in the international food and botanical press as a fine subject of the oil-seed study. The species has also been studied in the horticulture, since its fine, glossy foliage and its fine, single, white or pale-pink, cup-shaped flowers have made it a treasured shrub of the warm garden, and researchers have examined its growth, its flowering and its cultivation, while its value as an evergreen flowering shrub has been of continuing interest, and its fine, glossy, winter-flowered form has been of value. For a shrub of such fine character, the thick-stemmed camellia has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the thick-stemmed camellia is a generous plant of the garden. Its fine, single, cup-shaped flowers feed the bees and the many insects of the late season, and its round, woody fruits feed the forest creatures, while its fine, dense, glossy, evergreen growth gives a fine cover and a shelter to the garden.
Its economic value is real. The thick-stemmed camellia is treasured for its fine, clear, pale oil, and its value has drawn attention in the international food and botanical press, while its fine, glossy, winter-flowered form has made it a treasured shrub of the warm garden and the hedge. For a grower, the thick-stemmed camellia is a rewarding shrub, and for a gardener of the warm places it brings a glossy-leaved, winter-flowered evergreen to the garden. These seeds are best sown fresh — crack the woody fruits open and sow the fine, oily seeds straight away at a shallow depth in pots of rich, moist, free-draining soil, keep the pots in a sheltered, half-shaded spot and never let them dry out, and the first shoots will come up steadily.