The Better India6d
Assam’s Indigenous Tribes Were Brewing Tea Much Before the British ‘Introduced’ It to India
Eager to break China’s monopoly on tea, the British were actively seeking alternative sources. In the early 19th century, ...
Frontiers23d
Mechanism of endogenous hormones regulating gallic acid biosynthesis during the development of buds and leaves in tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
The tea plant cultivar ‘Camellia sinensis var. Huangdan’, grown in Meizhuang Village, Huqiu Town, Anxi County, Fujian Province (24°54′29′′N, 117°51′42′′E), were used in this study. Samples from five ...
Southern Living1y
The 10 Biggest Mistakes To Avoid When Growing Camellias
Most Southerners know about winter- and spring-blooming camellias (Camellia japonica), but there are fall-blooming hybrids, too (C. sasanqua), which have their own planting and tending requirements.
malevus2y
History of Tea: The Origin of a Global Phenomenon
Camellia sinensis, the tea plant. It is not known how tea drinking began in China, but by the middle of the 1st century BC, the leaves of this plant were being collected and perhaps brewed with other ...
Frontiers4y
A Proposed Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Cuticular Transpiration From Different Leaf Surfaces in Camellia sinensis
By applying this method, we demonstrated that the adaxial intracuticular waxes and the abaxial epicuticular waxes constitute the major transpiration barriers in Camellia sinensis. Wax analysis ...