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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: 1202 - AUS:North Bench W
    • Currently: active - new growth
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Theaceae
  • SubFamily: Theeae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

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):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  2. Culture Sheet at Logees. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. Camellia sinensis at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:56:14 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Camellia sinensis

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Current Accessions in the Theaceae

Subfamily Larinae
Tribe Gordonieae

  • Franklinia alatamaha

Subfamily Theeae

  • Camellia lutchuensis
  • Camellia sinensis
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