Tea Plant

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Tea Plant🌺

Camellia sinensis

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ツバキ科木本常緑低木栽培白花

An evergreen shrub of the Theaceae family whose leaves are the source of green and black tea. It produces small nodding white flowers in autumn.

Identification Points

  • 葉は革質で細鋸歯
  • 花は下向きで白色5弁
  • 球形の果実は熟すと裂開

Habitat

本州(関東以西)・四国・九州の茶畑(中国原産、栽培)

Season

10〜12月(花)

3D Specimen Model

Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)

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Leaf arrangement

Alternate

Leaf type

Simple

Venation

Pinnate

Evergreen/Deciduous

Evergreen

Petal count

Many

Stipules

Absent

Leaf dissection

Undivided

Flower symmetry

Actinomorphic

Plant sex

Hermaphrodite

Phylogenetic Positionツバキ科

Phylogenetic Position

Angiosperms > Eudicots > Ericales > Theaceae

Divergence Era

Late Cretaceous to Paleogene

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Sources & References

🤖Claude AI

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