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Camellia japonica L. - syn.Thea japonica (L.) Baill.; Camellia rusticana Honda - Theaceae
ツバキ tsubaki (jap.), 山茶 shan cha (chin.), Japanese camellia, Japanische Kamelie
Evergreen shrub or tree, up to 6m high, native to Japan and Korea, cultivated as ornamental; leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, leathery, glabrous, abaxially pale green and brown glandular punctate, adaxially dark green; flowers axillary or subterminal, solitary or paired, petals 6 or 7 or more, white or rose; fruit a globose capsule with 1-2 brown seeds.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200014034
Volatiles of C.japonica flowers include the monoterpenes linalool and linalool oxide and benzenoids like 2-phenylethanol, phenylmethanol, acetophenone, benzaldehyde, methyl benzoate, methyl salicylate.
[Studies on the volatile compounds of Camellia flowers., Omata A, Yomogida K, Nakamura S, Ota T, Izawa Y., J Jpn Soc Hortic Sci., Vol.58, 1989, 429–434]
d’ Orbigny, C.V.D., Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, plates vol.3, t.25[Dicotylédones 28] (1841-1849) [Susemihl]
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=184756