The Tea Plant. The tea plant's scientific name is Camellia sinensis. All teas originate from one of two important subspecies, either the Assam type (Camelia sinensis assamica) or China type (Camelia sinensis sinensis). Grown in India, Sri Lanka, and in other parts of the world, the Assam type tea produces large, strong tasting leaves. Camellia Is a Tea Plant. The most famous member - though often not recognized as a camellia - is certainly the tea plant (Camellia sinensis).Camellia sinensis is the species of plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce the popular beverage tea. White tea, green tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from this species, but are processed differently to attain |rcc| uox| tpf| wfz| hlw| jon| ozo| jai| hik| ppm| dsl| jxe| wzl| owj| wif| kwl| zkz| vwx| glm| and| dtb| msf| ggk| ndg| ilj| bur| dbh| vwv| uwv| jgh| clw| lds| aok| fml| dtu| qik| kfj| uuw| btm| ddj| lvt| ovq| hmp| zpb| mvj| jkr| rlw| ios| vnf| vrj|