Tea : The Chinese Legacy

From the botanical perspective

Tea is a beverage made from the processed leaf of a plant whose Latin name is: Camellia sinensis. Some people who have been around for a long time in the tea industry still call it by its now out-dated name of Thea sinensis.

DIVISION	ANGIOSPERMAE
CLASS	DICOTYLEDONES
ORDER	PARIETALES
FAMILY	THEACEAE
GENUS	THEA
SPECIES	SINENSIS
VARITAL	267,000 SEPARATE ONES

Published on Jul 30, 2014
Last Updated on May 14, 2020

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