Camellias are evergreen shrubs or small treesup to 20 m (66 ft) tall. Their leaves are alternately arranged, simple, thick, serrated, and usually glossy. Their flowers are usually large and conspicuous, one to 12 cm in diameter, with

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Camellia sinensis, the tea plant, is of major commercial importance because tea is made from its leaves. The species C. sinensis is the product of many generations of selective breedingin order to bring out qualities considered desirable for tea. However, many

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The camellia parasite fungus mycelia sterile PF1022 produces a metabolite named PF1022A. This is used to produce emodepside, an anthelmintic drug.
Mainly due to habitat destruction, several camellias have become quite rare in their natural range. One of

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The earliest fossil record of Camellia are the leaves of †C. abensis from the upper Eocene of Japan, †C. abchasica from the lower Oligocene of Bulgaria and †C. multiforma from the lower

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The tea camellia, C. sinensis, has many commercial cultivars selected for the taste of their leaves once processed into tea leaves.
Today camellias are grown as ornamental plants for their flowers; about 3,000 cultivars

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Plants of the World Online currently includes:
1. Camellia albata Orel & Curry
2. Camellia amplexicaulis (Pit.) Cohen-Stuart

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Camellias were cultivated in the gardens of China and Japan for centuries before they were seen in Europe. The German botanist

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