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 09-14-2023

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:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

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.

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