Camellia sinensis
About
Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia (Chinese: 茶花; pinyin: Cháhuā, literally: "tea flower") of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. Common names include "tea plant", "tea shrub", and "tea tree" (not to be confused with Melaleuca alternifolia, the source of tea tree oil, or Leptospermum scoparium, the New Zealand teatree).
- Family
- Theaceae
How to use it
This evergreen shrub or small tree is cultivated so that its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be harvested and used to produce tea.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
In the kitchen
The leaves, leaf buds, and stems of this evergreen shrub are used to produce tea.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Camellia sinensis
- Slug
- camellia-sinensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Camellia
- Species
- sinensis
- Wikidata QID
- Q101815
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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