Accession Data
Camellia sinensis
Common Name: Tea
Family: Theaceae
Country of Origin: se & e Asia
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.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 8b-11
Accession #: 201600035
Accession Date: 2016-02-23 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1305
Quantity: 2
Source: Logees
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
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Theaceae
SubFamily: Theeae
Flowering Data:
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References
- 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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