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Camellia sinensis

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Camellia sinensis

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Also known as tea plant, tea shrub, tea

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Camellia sinensis, commonly known as tea, is a species in the family Theaceae. It belongs to the genus Camellia and is classified within the order Ericales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The plant is a useful species that serves as a source for green tea, matcha, and other teas. It is utilized as a food, drink, medicinal plant, and for afforestation. The species produces a capsule fruit type and is categorized as a Calcifuge.

The taxon range includes China, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Guangdong. Native areas also encompass Assam, South-Central China, Southeast China, the East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. According to the IUCN Red List, the conservation status of Camellia sinensis was assessed as Data Deficient in 2018. The species is not extinct.

Synthesized by Vinony from 54 facts across 11 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Firecrawl, PubMed, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Data Deficient

tea

Camellia sinensis

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyTheaceae
Native toAssam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Observations4,025
Observations recorded9,506

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,566
With media
1,272
Family
Theaceae
Collections
UACH, INECOL, ENCB-IPN, CAS, MEL, NY
Recorded in
Mexico, China, India, Myanmar, United States, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Research

6,983 papers

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Described at

Té (Camellia sinensis): 12 Usos Tradicionales + Evidencia

¿Para qué sirve té? Estimulante de los Andes con 10 estudios. (Camellia sinensis) Ficha completa con usos, evidencia y seguridad.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
Calcifuge
Parent taxon
Camellia
Image
Csinensis.jpg
Has use
vegetable
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Camellia sinensis
Commons category
Camellia sinensis
Commons gallery
Camellia sinensis
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=8732
taxon common name
té chino
has fruit type
capsule
OpenStreetMap tag
crop=tea
IUCN conservation status
Data Deficient
taxon range
Guangdong
short name
C. sinensis
taxon author citation
O. Kuntze
described at URL
yerbateca.org/plantas/camellia-sinensis
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Encyclopedic overview

Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems are 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).

White tea, yellow tea, green tea, oolong, dark tea (which includes pu-erh tea) and black tea are all made from two of the five varieties which form the main crops now grown, C. sinensis var. sinensis and C. s. var. assamica, but are processed differently to attain varying levels of oxidation with black tea being the most oxidized and white being the least. Kukicha (twig tea) is also made from C. sinensis, but uses twigs and stems rather than leaves.

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