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Tea Plant🌺
Camellia sinensis
チャノキ
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
Sources & References
🤖Claude AI
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