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Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be 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).
The most common tea trees include Camellia sinensis, the New Zealand tea tree, Cajuput tree, broad, flax- and-narrow-leaved paperbark, Punk tree, Snow-in-summer and lemon-scented tea tree, Manuka tree, White tea tree, Taxandria parviceps, European, Duke of Argyll's, weeping, yellow, and coast tea tree.
The tea plant belongs to the evergreen category. It grows as a tree, half-tree or shrub, depending on its surroundings. When young, the leaves are light green with silky hairs, before becoming dark green, smooth and leathery. The plant has white to pink blossom that has a slight jasmine-like fragrance and look similar to cherry blossom.
7 lis 2024 · Camellia sinensis is the species of plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce the popular beverage tea. It is of the genus Camellia a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. White tea , green tea , oolong , pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from this species, but are processed differently to attain different levels ...
The Tea Camellia is a hardy evergreen shrub or small tree that is probably the most widely grown Camellia in the world traditionally used for caffeinated teas. They are harvested as the leaves emerge beginning early spring and processed in different ways to create white, green, oolong, and black teas.
5 cze 2024 · Camellia sinensis, known commonly as tea plant, Assam tea, or tea camellia, is a fragrant, flowering shrub adding winter interest to southern gardens. Its leaves, used for tea, are cultivated around the world and commercially grown in Asia and India.
Camellia sinensis (Tea Plant) is a slow-growing, large, upright evergreen shrub with leathery, lance-shaped, toothed, glossy dark green leaves, 5 in. long (12 cm). Fragrant, white flowers, 1.5 in. across (4 cm), adorned with many golden-yellow stamens appear in fall to early winter.
