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University of the Philippines Baguio Herbarium
Camellia japonica

Camellia japonica L.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Theaceae
Habit Shrub
Habitat Woodland garden, sunny edge, dappled shade, shady edge
Ethnobotanical Uses MEDICINAL: used for its astringent and antihaemorrhagic properties; FOOD: used as tea substitute, oil is human-consumable; ADORNMENT: used as a head dress;
Collected from Mount Polis, Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Aurora C. Delariarte

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