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Camellia sinensis var. assamica (J.W.Mast.) Kitam.

Variety

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Characteristics

It can grow to 15 m tall. It is usually pruned to a power height. This is the main variety used for tea. The leaves have smooth edges. The leaves are thin and tapering.
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Leaf blade elliptic, 8-14 × 3.5-7.5 cm, abaxially densely spreading villous along midvein, apex acuminate. Ovary apically glabrous. Fl. Dec-Feb, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 30.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Cool, humid, tropical highlands. Evergreen broad-leaved forests at elevations of 100-1,500 metres, occasionally to 1,900 metres in southern China.
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A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests between 500-1,500 m above sea level. It grows in wetlands. In Yunnan.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses dye essential oil medicinal tea wood
Edible flowers fruits leaves saps seeds shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Camellia sinensis var. assamica world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454412-2
WFO ID wfo-0000582677
COL ID 5MS4S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Camellia assamica Camellia multisepala Camellia polyneura Camellia scottiana Camellia theifera Thea cochinchinensis Thea assamica Camellia polyneura Camellia multisepala Camellia tenuistipa Camellia kucha Camellia assamica var. kucha Camellia assamica var. polyneura Camellia sinensis var. assamica Camellia sinensis var. kucha Thea viridis var. assamica Thea chinensis var. assamica Camellia assamica subsp. lasiocalyx Camellia thea var. lasiocalyx
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