Camellia sinensis, tea plant - magic-plants ethnobotany

Camellia sinensis, tea plant

Botanical names: Camellia sinensis, Camellia bohea, Camellia chinensis, Camellia thea, Camellia theifera var. macrophylla, Camellia viridis, Thea latifolia, Thea longifolia, Thea sasangua, Thea stricta, Thea viridis, Theaphylla anamensis		Theaceae
Common names English: tea plant, tea bush, tea tree Spanish: planta de té French: thé, thé vert, théier German: Teepflanze, Tee
Active constituents: caffeine, theobromine, theophylline

Camellia sinensis, tea plant

illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants