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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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Kashaya, Tikta
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Lakhu, Rooksha
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Ushna
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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 diseases, 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[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

[2]

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

Landscape Uses: Specimen. Prefers a woodland soil but thrives in a warm open well-drained loam if leafmould is added[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

tropical, meadows, tolerate marine .

Photo Gallery

  • USDA ARS in Hawaii

  • Tea bush.jpg
  • Camellia sinensis1.jpg
  • Camellia sinensis-habito.jpg
  • തേയിലച്ചെടിയുടെ വേരുപടലം.jpg

  • old trees

References

  1. ↑ "chemistry"
  2. ↑ "description"
  3. ↑ "cultivation detail"

External Links

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