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Japanese stewartia

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Also known as: Stewartia pseudocamellia

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Japanese stewartia (S. pseudocamellia), a tree that grows to a height of 15 metres (50 feet) and has reddish, peeling bark and large white flowers with conspicuous orange stamens in the centre. Silky camellia, or Virginia stewartia (S. malacodendron), a shrub up to 3.5 metres…
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