Theaceae
Camellia sasanqua
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Camellia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- كاميليا ساسانكوا
- arz
- كاميليا ساسانكوا
- Azerbaijani
- Sasankva kameliyası
- Chinese
- 茶梅, 茶梅花
- Czech
- Kamélie sazanka, Kamélie tupolistá
- German
- Herbstblühende Kamelie
- Japanese
- サザンカ, さざんか, カンツバキ, 山茶花
- Malayalam
- കാമിലിയ സസാൻക്വാ
- mnc
- ᠴᡳᠠ ᠨᡝᠨᡩᡝᠨ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Persian
- کاملیا
- Polish
- Kamelia mała, Kamelia sazanka, Kamelijka
- Russian
- Камелия сасанква, Камелия эвгенольная
- Slovak
- Kamélia sasanková
- Slovenian
- Kamelija pon pon
- Swedish
- Thunbergkamelia
- Vietnamese
- Trà mai
- wuu
- 茶梅
Synonyms
- Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto
- Camellia sasanqua var. angustifolia Miq.
- Camellia sasanqua var. fujikoana Makino
- Camellia sasanqua var. lanceolata Miq.
- Camellia sasanqua var. latifolia Miq.
- Camellia sasanqua var. obtusifolia Miq.
- Camellia sasanqua var. serrata (Siebold ex Kochs) Masam.
- Camellia sasanqua var. thunbergii Pierre
- Camellia tegmentosa (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto
- Sasanqua malliflora Raf.
- Sasanqua odorata Raf.
- Sasanqua vulgaris Nees
- Thea miyakii Koidz.
- Thea sasanqua (Thunb.) Nois. ex Cels
- Thea sasanqua var. serrata Siebold ex Kochs
- Thea sasanqua var. thunbergii Pierre
- Thea tegmentosa Koidz.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: wlcutler, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: wlcutler, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cathy DeWitt, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.