*Dried and cured leaves widely used for a beverage, which has a stimulant effect due to caffeine.<ref name="uses"/>
*Tea extract is used as a flavor in alcoholic beverages, frozen dairy desserts, candy, baked goods, gelatins, and puddings (Leung, 1980). Air-dry tea seed yields a clear golden-yellow oil resembling sasanqua oil, but the seed cake, containing saponin, is not suitable for fodder.<ref name="uses"/>
==Common name==
* '''English''' - Tea
* '''Kannada''' - ತೇಯಕು
* '''Hindi''' - चाय
== References ==