Stewartia pteropetiolata W.C.Cheng

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  China

• State/Province

  Yunnan

• Locality

  On the Shweli-Salwin divide. E. Tibet and S.W. China

• Elevation

  Alt. 2438 - 2743 m. (7999 - 8999 ft.)

• Coordinates

  25.42, 98.97

• Distribution

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HERB, HORT. REG- ROT. EDJN
PLANTS OF E. TIBET AND S.W. CHINA,
CoixiCTED by GEORGE FORRES
Forrest No. 24406. Hartia? Shrub of 10-20
ft. Flowers creamy white, anthers golden.
In open thickets and amongst scrub in gullies
on the Shweli-Salwin divide. Lat, 25°25* N.f
Long. 98058* E., Alt. 8-9,000 ft. June, 1924.
Note. — A very interesting shrub, with ever-
green camellia-like foliage, and pretty,
though small, blooms. Free flowering. The
leaves are used as tea locally. G.F,
From Forrest's Notes, publ. ^25*^* mjP'*'8’11118 f
SM.C.Or«/^
University of North Carolina (NCU)
Hartia sinensis Dunn
Examined as part of doctoral dissertation research on
systematic» ofTheoideae (Theaceae)
Det.: LM. Prince	June 1998
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