1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
China
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
1.4 Types
Camellia sinensis var. sinensis
Camellia sinensis var. assamica
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Hillside, Mountain Slopes, Subtropical climates, Tropical regions
Cultivated Beds
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
H1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Not Available
1.9 Habit
Oval or Rounded
Not Available
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Dark Green
Green, Light Green, Gray Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Fall, Winter
Not Available
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Not Available
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
Spring, Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings, Stem Planting
Divison, Seedlings
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Keep ground moist, Prefer drip-irrigation instead of Over-head watering, Requires a lot of watering, Water when soil is dry
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Not Available
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
4.7 Pruning
Generally pruned to waist height, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
No need to prune
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Nitrogen
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Caterpillars, Moth, Red blotch
wheat rust
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Diabetes, High cholestrol, Kidney Stones, Parkinson
Swollen eyelids
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Preferably used as black tea, Used for producing cooking oil, Used in making beverages
Roasted seed is used as a coffee substitute, Used as a cereal in making bread, porridge
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Container, Edible, Feature Plant, Foundation, Hedges
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
CAMELLIA sinensis
HORDEUM jubatum
7.2 Common Name
Tea, Tea Camellia
Foxtail Barley, Wild Barley
7.2.1 In Hindi
चाय के पौधे
Foxtail Barley
7.2.2 In German
7.2.3 In French
usine de thé
Foxtail Barley
7.2.4 In Spanish
planta del té
La cebada de cola de zorra
7.2.5 In Greek
φυτό του τσαγιού
αλωπέκουρου Κριθάρι
7.2.6 In Portuguese
planta do chá
Foxtail Barley
7.2.7 In Polish
Herbata roślin
włośnica Jęczmień
7.2.8 In Latin
Tea herba
Hordeum foxtail
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
8.10 Number of Species