Difference between revisions of "Camellia sinensis - Syamaparni"

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Tea

Camellia sinensis is an evergreen plant that grows mainly in tropical and subtropical climates. Some varieties can also tolerate marine climates and are cultivated as far north as Cornwall in the United Kingdom, Perthshire in Scotland, Washington state in the United States, and Vancouver Island in Canada. In the Southern Hemisphere, tea is grown as far south as Hobart on the Australian island of Tasmania and Waikato in New Zealand.

Uses

Heart problems, Teeth from decay, Dysentery, Hepatitis, Bacterial dysentery, Gastro enteritis, Cuts, Diarrhea, Burns

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Fresh leaves from Assam contain 22.2% polyphenols, 17.2% protein, 4.3% caffeine, 27.0% crude fiber, 0.5% starch, 3.5% reducing sugars. Important constituents of leaf buds and very young leaves are: caffeine, with a much smaller amount of other xanthines (theophylline and theobromine); tannins (the main tannin in green tea is (−)-epigallocatechin); flavonoids, quercetin, kaempferol. ^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi	Cay
Malayalam	Teyila
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Tea plant

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Kashaya, Tikta

Guna

Lakhu, Rooksha

Veerya

Ushna

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple		Bright green, shiny, often with a hairy underside

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual		Yellow	5-20	Scented, occurring singly or in clusters of two to four

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Brownish-green		Brownish-green, containing one to four spherical or flattened seeds	With hooked hairs	many	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Seed - can be sown as soon as it is ripe in a greenhouse. Stored seed should be pre-soaked for 24 hours in warm water and the hard covering around the micropyle should be filed down to leave a thin covering. It usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 23°c ^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Meadows, Tolerate marine .

Photo Gallery

Leaves
New leaves
Flower
Fruit
Tea plantation
Seeds

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "chemistry"

[Leaf-2] "description"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "cultivation detail"

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 ==Chemical Composition==
-Fresh leaves from Assam contain 22.2% polyphenols, 17.2% protein, 4.3% caffeine, 27.0% crude fiber, 0.5% starch, 3.5% reducing sugars<ref name="chemical composition"/>
+Fresh leaves from Assam contain 22.2% polyphenols, 17.2% protein, 4.3% caffeine, 27.0% crude fiber, 0.5% starch, 3.5% reducing sugars. Important constituents of leaf buds and very young leaves are: caffeine,
+with a much smaller amount of other xanthines (theophylline and theobromine); tannins (the main tannin
+in green tea is (−)-epigallocatechin); flavonoids, quercetin, kaempferol. <ref name="chemical composition"/>
 ==Common names==