_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: dotranvan@hotmail.com; Archives of Current Research International 16(2): 1-8, 2019; Article no.ACRI.46837 ISSN: 2454-7077 Golden Camellias: A Review Tran Duc Manh 1 , Nguyen Toan Thang 2 , Hoang Thanh Son 3 , Dang Van Thuyet 4 , Phung Dinh Trung 1 , Nguyen Van Tuan 1 , Dao Trung Duc 4 , Mai Thi Linh 4 , Vu Tien Lam 2 , Nguyen Huu Thinh 5 , Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong 2 and Tran Van Do 1* 1 Department of Planning and Finance, Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2 Department of Silviculture Foundation, Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam. 3 Department of Forest Phytodiversity, Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam. 4 Department of Silviculture Techniques, Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam. 5 Department of Agroforestry, Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors TVD, TDM, NTT, HTS, DVT, PDT, NVT, DTD, MTL, VTL, NHT and NTTP managed the literature searches. Author TVD wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/ACRI/2019/v16i230085 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Marco Aurelio Cristancho, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOS Parque los Yarumos Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. Reviewers: (1) Jean A. Boutin, France. (2) Awosan Elizabeth Adetutu, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle3.com/review-history/46837 Received 24 October 2018 Accepted 17 January 2019 Published 20 February 2019 ABSTRACT Golden camellias or yellow camellias are species belonging to genus Camellia L., family Theaceae. Fifty two species were described in southern China and Vietnam. Active ingredients such as polysaccharides, polyphenols, saponins, and flavonoids are well known characteristics of golden camellias. Its leaves and flowers have been long traditionally used for health improvement. It was found to be able to inhibit transplanted cancer, lower blood pressure, lower blood lipid, lower cholesterol, and prevent atherosclerosis. Currently, it costs 320–700US$ per one kg of dry flowers. Such price attracts many local ethnic people to plant golden camellias for poverty reduction. This Mini-review Article