Accession Data:
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze
- Common Name: Tea
- Family: Theaceae D. Don
- Country of Origin: se & e Asia
- Habitat: Shaded areas at an elevation of 2100 - 2700 metres in Yunnan
- Description: This plant can be a shrub or tree, 3-50', with dark glossy green leaves, cultivated in warm parts of E. and S. Asia. The processed young leaves yield commercial tea. Freshly picked leaves are boiled to make green tea; allowed to ferment, they produce black tea. The seeds yield an oil.
- Culture: Full to partial sun. Cool nights (<60F) in winter. Little to no fertilizer. Cottonseed meal in spring plus epsom salts (1T/gal) 1-2x annually. 2
- USDA Zone: 8b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201600035
- Source: Logees
- Accession Date: 02-23-2016
- Bench: 1305 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 NW
- Currently: active - marginal
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 09-12-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: asterids
- Order: Ericales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Theaceae
- SubFamily: Theeae
- Tribe:
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Beverage Plants
- Medicinal Plants
- Floriculture CDE Plant List
- Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
- Undefined Medicinal Plants
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
- Culture Sheet at Logees. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Sanu N (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.
- Camellia sinensis at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.
data regenerated on Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:01:15 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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Current Accessions in the Theaceae
Subfamily Larinae
Tribe Gordonieae
Subfamily Theeae
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