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Sourced7 Source not recorded10 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Kuntze	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 195 (1887)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1887	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Black tea	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. Himalaya to S. China and N. Indo-China, Hainan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	555 cm	555 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 38 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 236, 873, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 236, 873, 882, 918	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879, 882, 918	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	jan, feb, mar, apr, nov, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 67, 444	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	15.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412, 493, 554	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	food_general, human_food, medical, other · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record

Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, 1887 25% complete

Black tea

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