About Tea plant
Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems are used to produce tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (unrelated to Melaleuca alternifolia, the source of tea tree oil, or the genus Leptospermum commonly called tea tree). White tea, yellow tea, green tea, oolong, dark tea (which includes pu-erh tea) and black tea are all made from two of the five varieties which form the main crops now grown, C. sinensis var. sinensis and C. s. var. assamica, but are processed differently to attain varying levels of oxidation with black tea being the most oxidized and white being the least. Kukicha (twig tea) is also made from C.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Camellia sinensis
- Genus
- Camellia
- Family
- THEACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Raised in plantations
- Distribution
- India, Southeast Asia, China, Indo-China
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- EN
Local Names
- Hindi
- चाय Chaay, cha, चाय
- Nepali
- चिया Chiyaa, चिया, चीयाको बोट
- Bengali
- চা Cha, ক্যামেলিয়া সাইনেনসিস, ক্যামেলিয়া সিনেনসিস
- Tamil
- தேய் Tey, தேயிலை
- Telugu
- Teyaku, తేయాకు
- Kannada
- ತೇ Tea, ಚಹ Chaha, ಚಹಾ Chahaa
- Malayalam
- Tey, തേയില, Camellia sinensis
- Marathi
- चहा Chahaa
Theaceae
Tea Family
Tea plant belongs to the Theaceae family.
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