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Schima sinensis #3

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Theaceae - Southern China; Sichuan Province, China origin of plant above

Syn. Gordonia sinensis

Schima, 华木荷 hua mu he

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"Schima is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the tea family, Theaceae.

 

"The genus inhabits warm temperate to subtropical climates across southern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalaya of Nepal and eastern India across Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, and the Bonin Islands." (Wikipedia)

 

For detailed description:

www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=2...

 

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Photographed in U.C. Botanical Garden at Berkeley - Berkeley, California

 

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Uploaded on August 27, 2009
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