Tutcheria virgata is an evergreen

Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves in all seasons. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs...

 plant in the genus Tutcheria

Tutcheria

Tutcheria is a genus with 32 species of flowering plants belonging to the Theaceae family. - List of selected species:*Tutcheria acutiserrata*Tutcheria austro-sinica*Tutcheria brachycarpa*Tutcheria championi*Tutcheria greeniae...

belonging to the Theaceae

Theaceae

The Theaceae is a family of flowering plants, composed of shrubs and trees. Some botanists include the family Ternstroemiaceae within the Theaceae while others do not...

 family.

Description

Tutcheria virgata is a shrub or medium-sized tree reaching a height of approximately 1–15 m (3.3–49.2 ). Leaves are dark green, leathery, elliptic, obovate or oblong-lanceolate, margin serrate, about 8–13 cm (3.1–5.1 ) long. Flowers are axillary, solitary, with five white petals, about 2–2.5 cm (0.78740157480315–0.984251968503937 ) in diameter. Fuits are ovoid or globose capsules about1.5–2 cm (0.590551181102362–0.78740157480315 ) long, with three chestnut brown seeds per locule. Flowering period extends from April through July, while the fruits ripe from Augusy up to November.

Distribution and Habitat

This plant is native to China

China

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 and it is also present in Japan

Japan

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 (Ryukyu Islands

Ryukyu Islands

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) and in Vietnam

Vietnam

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. It grows in mountain forests or along streams, at an elevation of about 300–1000 m (984.3–3,280.8 ) above sea level.