Camellia
കാമിലിയ ജാപോനികক্যামেলিয়া
Camellia japonica L.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.5 m
- wide
- 2.3 m
Theaceae
Also called Japanese camellia
Formerly Camellia bonnardii, Camellia bononicana, Camellia coccinea, Camellia expansa, and 34 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- China (Shandong, E. Zhejiang), Korea (Jejudo), C. & S. Japan to TaiwanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 4.0 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 10–13 ft; Wikipedia 1–8 m
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 5–10 ft; Wikipedia 1–8 m
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- White, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink, red, white, yellow; Wikipedia pink, red, white
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Japanese
- ヤブツバキ, 椿, ツバキ
- Portuguese
- Camélia japonesa, Camélia japonês
- Spanish
- Camelia japonesa
- French
- Camélia du Japon, Thé du japon
- Chinese
- 日本山茶, 山茶花, 山茶
- Korean
- 동백나무
- Czech
- kamélie japonská
- Russian
- Камелия японская
- Croatian
- Japanska kamelija
- Chinese (China)
- 山茶花, 山茶
- Italian
- Camelia del Giappone, Camelia
- Estonian
- Jaapani kameelia
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Camellia japonica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.