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Camellia hongkongensis
Camellia hongkongensis is a small evergreen tree or shrub from southern China, Hong Kong and Vietnam, and the only native Hong Kong camellia with red flowers. It is grown for its glossy leaves and red blooms, and it needs mild, humid, subtropical conditions.
Camellia hongkongensis (Chinese: 香港茶; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 caa4; lit. 'Hong Kong tea'), the Hong Kong camellia, is a species of camellia.
In Hong Kong, three individuals of the species were first discovered in a ravine in Victoria Peak by Colonel Eyre in 1849. It was later found in Pok Fu Lam, Mount Nicholson, Mount Parker on Hong Kong Island. It is also found in Guangdong.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Camellia hongkongensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
