Common name
Mandarin: 叶萼核果茶 (ye e he guo cha)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Rosales (119)
Family: Theaceae (5)(family description)
Genus: Pyrenaria (2)
Epithet: diospyricarpa Kurz (1)
Synonyms: Pyrenaria brevisepala Hung T. Chang, Pyrenaria burmanica T.K. Paul & M.P. Nayar , Pyrenaria cheliensis Hu, Pyrenaria garrettiana Craib, Pyrenaria yunnanensis Hu, Sinopyrenaria cheliensis (Hu) Hu, Sinopyrenaria garretiana (Craib) Hu, Sinopyrenaria yunnanensis (Hu) Hu, Stewartia longibracteata Hung T. Chang, Stewartia yunnanensis Hung T. Chang
brevisepala => short sepals
burmanica => of Burmese origin, from Myanmar
diospyricarpa => fruit as in the genera Diospyros
garretiana => in honor of H.B.G. Garrett, a British who served as a forest officer under the Royal Thai Government, collected in North Thailand between 1899-1959
garrettiana => in honor of H.B.G. Garrett, a British who served as a forest officer under the Royal Thai Government, collected in North Thailand between 1899-1959
longibracteata => with long bracts
yunnanensis => pertaining to Yunnan, a province of south-west China
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: red, yellow, white