Camellia oleifera, alias tea tree, camellia oleifera, white scented tea and camellia oleifera are evergreen trees in the tea family. Seeds are famous because they can be eaten by pressing oil (tea oil). Tea oil is fragrant, nutritious and storable, and can also be used as high-quality edible oil, lubricating oil and antirust oil in industry. Tea cake is not only a pesticide, but also a fertilizer, which can improve the water storage capacity of farmland and prevent pests in rice fields. Peel is the raw material for extracting tannin extractant.

Second, the morphological characteristics

1, shrubs or medium trees, with thick hairs on the twigs. Leaves leathery, oval, oblong or obovate, with blunt tip at the front end and sometimes blunt tip, wedge-shaped at the base, 5-7 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, sometimes long, dark green at the upper part, bright, with coarse or hairy midvein, light green at the lower part, hairless or hairy midvein, visible lateral veins, inconspicuous at the lower part, serrate at the edge, and petiole 4-8 long.

2. The flowers are terminal, nearly sessile, with bracts and calyces about 10, which gradually increase from the outside to the inside. They are broadly oval, 3- 12 mm long, with soft hairs or silky hairs on the back, which fall off after flowering. The petals are white, 5-7, obovate, 2.5-3 cm long and/kloc wide. At least the outermost side has silky hairs, the male length is 1- 1.5 cm, the lateral stamens are only connected at the base, and occasionally the silk tube is 7 mm long, hairless, the anthers are yellow, and the back is inserted.

3. The capsule is spherical or ovoid, 2-4 cm in diameter, 3 cells or 1 cell, 3 or 2 cells split, with 1 seed or 2 seeds in each cell, 3-5 mm thick, and thick central axis. The stalk left by the bracts and calyces after falling is 3-5 mm long, thick and with annular short joints. The flowering period is winter and spring.

What kind of tree is it with leaves like camellia oleifera and looks like bamboo cypress?

Podocarpus, alias Taxodium, Podocarpaceae, Podocarpus is an evergreen coniferous tree. It is 20 meters high, with a DBH of 60cm and a broad oval crown. Bark grayish brown to dark gray, shallow longitudinal crack, flake off. Dense branches and leaves, strip-shaped lanceolate leaves, spiral alternate, ribs on both sides are obviously raised, the surface is dark green, and the back is yellow-green Like warm and humid climate, weak cold tolerance, potted ornamental in North China, distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui and other places. The material is meticulous and uniform, and easy to process. It has medicinal value.