The tea plant is an evergreen shrub whose leaves, buds and stems are harvested and processed into white, green, oolong, dark and black tea. It originates in the highlands spanning southwestern China, northern Myanmar and northeastern India, where genetic evidence shows Chinese small-leaf tea diverging from Assam tea roughly 22,000 years ago; the first written record of the plant's discovery and use dates to about 3,000 years ago in China. Its caffeine content, which gives the beverage its stimulant effect, evolved as a natural pesticide against herbivorous insects.
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionHengduan-Purvanchal highlands: southwestern China, northern Myanmar, northeastern India 2 Domesticated When (Circa)Circa 3,000 years ago (first recorded cultivation and use, China) 2 The 22,000-year figure describes the wild genetic divergence of Chinese small-leaf tea from Assam tea, not cultivation; the first recorded discovery and use as a cultivated plant dates to about 3,000 years ago. Era
Era (category) Tea Plant
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Tea is conventionally grown on hillside terraces in major producing regions such as Darjeeling and Yunnan.
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Tea consumption likely began in Yunnan province during the 2nd millennium BC as a medicinal concoction.
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is an algal plant pathogen that infects tea, coffee and coconut plants
Rosellinia bunodes (Wikipedia)
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is a plant pathogen infecting several hosts including avocados, bananas, cacao and tea
Poria hypobrunnea (Wikipedia)
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is a plant pathogen infecting tea.
Pseudopestalotiopsis theae (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Pseudopestalotiopsis theae, Lead sectionQuote, Affected By: Pseudopestalotiopsis theae, Lead section
is a plant pathogen affecting tea.
Schizopora flavipora (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Schizopora flavipora, Lead sectionQuote, Affected By: Schizopora flavipora, Lead section
is a plant pathogen infecting tea.
Paratylenchus curvitatus (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Paratylenchus curvitatus, Lead sectionQuote, Affected By: Paratylenchus curvitatus, Lead section
is a plant pathogenic nematode infecting tea.
Exobasidium vexans (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Exobasidium vexans, Lead sectionQuote, Affected By: Exobasidium vexans, Lead section
is a plant pathogen affecting tea
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