Camellia sinensisis a species of evergreen shrub whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia of flowering plants in the family Theaceae.
Camellia sinensisis native to East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, but it is today cultivated across the world in tropical and subtropical regions.
Tea plants will grow into a tree if left undisturbed, but cultivated plants are pruned to waist height for ease of plucking. Two principal varieties are used, the smallleaved Chinese variety (C. sinensis sinensis) and the large-leaved Assamese plant (C. sinensis assamica), which is mainly grown for black tea production.
White tea, yellow tea, green tea, oolong, Pu-erh tea, and black tea are all harvested from Camellia sinensis, but are processed differently to obtain varying levels of oxidation.
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