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Taxon:  Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. assamica (J. W. Mast.) Kitam.



Summary
Genus:
Camellia
Subgenus:
Thea
Section:
Thea
Family:
Theaceae
Tribe:
Theeae
Nomen number:
8733
Place of publication:
Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14:59. 1950
Verified:
12/12/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. dehungensis (H. T. Chang & B. H. Chen) T. L. Ming (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. pubilimba Hung T. Chang (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. sinensis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Thea assamica J. W. Mast.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Camellia assamica (J. W. Mast.) W. Wight
Camellia assamica (J. W. Mast.) W. Wight var. assamica

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Camellia assamica (J. W. Mast.) Hung T. Chang var. kucha (Hung T. Chang & H. S. Wang) Hung T. Chang & H. S. Wang
Camellia kucha (Hung T. Chang) Hung T. Chang
Camellia multisepala Hung T. Chang et al.
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. kucha Hung T. Chang & H. S. Wang
Camellia theifera Griff.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Assam tea –
German
Assam-Teestrauch –
Transcribed Chinese
pu er cha –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Shengs.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqus.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengs.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssamn.e.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.
2Cultivated    widely cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng (s.), Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (s.), Hainan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Assam (n.e.)]
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar (n.), Thailand (n.)
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage basemainly processed as black teaWestphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:72.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=8733. Accessed 6 May 2025.