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KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Magnoliopsida || ORDER:Ericales || FAMILY:山茶科 Theaceae || GENUS: 山茶属 Camellia

茶 Camellia sinensis

Accepted name Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (Theaceae) WCVP · name match (author differs or missing)
Catalogue of Life China 茶
Flora treatments

《中国植物志》|| 山茶科 THEACEAE ||茶系 Ser. Sinenses Chang ||茶 Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze

167. 茶(图经本草)槚,茗,?(尔雅)
Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Ktze. in Acta. Horti Petrop. 10: 195. 1887; in obs. et Um die Erde 500. 1888.——Thea sinensis Linn. Sp. Pl. 1: 743. 1753; ——Thea bohea Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 735. 1762.——Thea viridis Linn. l. c. 735. 1762.——Camellia cantonensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 339. 1790.——Thea cochinchinensis Lour. l. c. 338. 1790;——Thea oleosa Lour. l. c. 339. ——Thea chinensis Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 998. 1807; Camellia thea Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 73. 1822; Camellia sinensis var. sinensis f. macrophylla (Sieb.) Kitamura in Acta Phytotax. et Geobot. Kyoto 14: 59. 1930.——Camellia sinensis var. sinensis f. parvifolia (Miq.) Sealy Rev. Gen. Camellia 116. 1958.
灌木或小乔木,嫩枝无毛。叶革质,长圆形或椭圆形,长4-12厘米,宽2-5厘米,先端钝或尖锐,基部楔形,上面发亮,下面无毛或初时有柔毛,侧脉5-7对,边缘有锯齿,叶柄长3-8毫米,无毛。花1-3朵腋生,白色,花柄长4-6毫米,有时稍长;苞片2片,早落;萼片5片,阔卵形至圆形,长3-4毫米,无毛,宿存;花瓣5-6片,阔卵形,长1-1.6厘米,基部略连合,背面无毛,有时有短柔毛;雄蕊长8-13毫米,基部连生1-2毫米;子房密生白毛;花柱无毛,先端3裂,裂片长2-4毫米。蒴果3球形或1-2球形,高1.1-1.5厘米,每球有种子1-2粒。花期10月至翌年2月。
野生种遍见于长江以南各省的山区,为小乔木状,叶片较大,常超过10厘米长,长期以来,经广泛栽培,毛被及叶型变化很大。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库

Economic plants
Medicinal plants
茶叶除供作饮料外,主要是提取咖啡碱的原料,咖啡碱能够兴奋中枢神经系统及心脏,可使心搏加速有力。茶叶中因含少量茶碱及可可豆碱,有利尿作用,又因含多量鞣质,故有收敛作用。
[中国经济植物志226. 茶 ( cha )]

Oil and fat plants
茶子油经提炼后为很好的食用油,也是精密机械的很好的润滑油。
茶叶中含有茶碱。茶叶为重要饮料,是我国主要出口商品之一;又可供医药用(见“药用类”,1810页)。木材坚硬致密,可供雕刻用。
[中国经济植物志305. 茶 ( cha )]


Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
茶 茶(通称);“兆咪”(白族):“腊”(傣族);“斜”、“梅穴”(侗族);“法茶代”、<br/>“美茶呆”(毛南族);“加相”、“恰星”(藏族);“茶合浆”、“巧瓦”(瑶族)。 茶 Camellia sinensis(L.)O.Kuntze(Thea sinensis L.) Bai Ethnomedicinal 中国毒性民族药志
茶 茶(通称);“兆咪”(白族):“腊”(傣族);“斜”、“梅穴”(侗族);“法茶代”、<br/>“美茶呆”(毛南族);“加相”、“恰星”(藏族);“茶合浆”、“巧瓦”(瑶族)。 茶 Camellia sinensis(L.)O.Kuntze(Thea sinensis L.) Dai Ethnomedicinal 中国毒性民族药志
茶 茶(通称);“兆咪”(白族):“腊”(傣族);“斜”、“梅穴”(侗族);“法茶代”、<br/>“美茶呆”(毛南族);“加相”、“恰星”(藏族);“茶合浆”、“巧瓦”(瑶族)。 茶 Camellia sinensis(L.)O.Kuntze(Thea sinensis L.) Achang Ethnomedicinal 中国毒性民族药志
茶 茶(通称);“兆咪”(白族):“腊”(傣族);“斜”、“梅穴”(侗族);“法茶代”、<br/>“美茶呆”(毛南族);“加相”、“恰星”(藏族);“茶合浆”、“巧瓦”(瑶族)。 茶 Camellia sinensis(L.)O.Kuntze(Thea sinensis L.) Achang Ethnomedicinal 中国毒性民族药志
茶 茶(通称);“兆咪”(白族):“腊”(傣族);“斜”、“梅穴”(侗族);“法茶代”、<br/>“美茶呆”(毛南族);“加相”、“恰星”(藏族);“茶合浆”、“巧瓦”(瑶族)。 茶 Camellia sinensis(L.)O.Kuntze(Thea sinensis L.) Yao Ethnomedicinal 中国毒性民族药志
茶子 茶子 茶子 Camellia sinensis (L. ) O. Klmtze Medicinal 中华本草
茶膏 茶膏 茶膏 Camellia sinensis (L. ) O. Klmtze Medicinal 中华本草
茶花 茶花 茶花 Camellia sinensis (L. ) O. Klmtze Medicinal 中华本草
茶叶 茶叶 茶叶 Camellia sinensis (L. ) O. Klmtze Medicinal 中华本草
茶树根 茶树根 茶树根 Camellia sinensis (L. ) O. Klmtze Medicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (182 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 0HanWei–Jin & N–S: 0Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 11Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 2626SongJin–Yuan: 77Jin–YuanMing: 8282MingQing: 6666Qing




Wild economic plants of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (field survey)
Plant name Local name Family Life form Part used Folk use Voucher Locality Ethnic group Region
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze ja-shing Theaceae Shrub Leaf 茶园栽培 Mêdog Tibetan Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon

Research papers
Title Authors Journal Date
Safety evaluation of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) flower extract: Assessment of mutagenicity, and acute and subchronic toxicity in rats Li, Bo; Jin, Yuxia; Xu, Yi; Wu, Yuanyuan; Xu, Jiying; Tu, Youying JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 27 2011
Plants known as te'' in Spain: An ethno-pharmaco-botanical review Pardo de Santayana, M; Blanco, E; Morales, R JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY APR 8 2005
Ameliorative effect of white tea from 50-year-old tree of Camellia sinensis L. (Theaceae) on kidney damage in diabetic mice via SIRT1/AMPK pathway Xia, Xiaoyan; Wang, Xude; Wang, Hua; Lin, Zhenchuan; Shao, Keping; Xu, Jing; Zhao, Yuqing JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAY 23 2021
An Ethnobotanical Study on Qing-Cao-Cha Tea in Taiwan Huang, Shyh-Shyun; Chen, Ting-Yang; Deng, Jeng-Shyan; Pao, Li-Heng; Cheng, Yung-Chi; Chao, Jung FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY JUN 25 2020
Differing non-linear, lagged effects of temperature and precipitation on an insect herbivore and its host plant Scott, Eric R.; Wei, Ji-Peng; Li, Xin; Han, Wen-Yan; Orians, Colin M. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY AUG 2021
Effect of the Phytochemical Agents Against the SARS-CoV and Some of them Selected for Application to COVID-19: A Mini-Review Idrees, Muhammad; Khan, Shamshad; Memon, Nazakat H.; Zhang, Zhiyong CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021
Cloning, expression and enzymatic characterization of a cystatin gene involved in herbivore defense in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) Zhang, Xin; Ran, Wei; Liu, Fengjing; Li, Xiwang; Hao, Wanjun; Sun, Xiaoling CHEMOECOLOGY OCT 2020
Endophytic Actinomycetes from Tea Plants (Camellia sinensis): Isolation, Abundance, Antimicrobial, and Plant-Growth-Promoting Activities Shan, Wenna; Zhou, Ying; Liu, Huihui; Yu, Xiaomin BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018
Effects of tree species on seed germination and seedlings growth of Chinese medicinal herb Gentiana rigescens Zhang, J.; Zhang, J. Y.; Wang, Y. Z.; Yang, S. B.; Yang, M. Q.; Jin, H. ALLELOPATHY JOURNAL APR 2012
Plants and other natural products used in the management of oral infections and improvement of oral health Chinsembu, Kazhila C. ACTA TROPICA FEB 2016
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