Camellia sinensis (The Tea Plant)

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Home of tea. Camellia sinensis grows wild in the misty highlands between China, Myanmar, and India, where it has been growing for centuries before people started farming it.

Leaves become tea. The leaves, buds, and stems of this plant are what people harvest and dry to make the tea we drink, from green tea to black tea to oolong.

Planted worldwide. People loved tea so much that they started growing this plant in countries all over the world, and now China, India, and Kenya produce more tea than anywhere else.

Evergreen shrub. The tea plant stays green all year round and is a flowering plant, which means it makes pretty white or pink flowers along with its famous leaves.