Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil, Leaves - tea
A shrub 2m to 12 m high. The leaves have short stalks. The leaves are 3-10 cm long by 1.5-4.5 cm wide. The leaves are oval and have teeth along the edge. The flowers are single and in the axils of leaves. They are white and fragrant. The fruit is a capsule. It is round and reddish.
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in evergreen forest between 1,000 and 2,100 m altitude. In Nepal it grows between 900-2100 m altitude. It grows on moist ground in hill forest. In Melbourne Botanical Gardens. In Yunnan.
Common Names: Ban chiya, Diend-tyrnem-bhai, Hinguwa, Sa reng reng, Tra nhuy-ngan, Yua Cha Shue
Synonyms:
Camellia drupifera Dyer, non Lour.;
Camellia keina Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don;