Plant Details

Accepted name:: Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Royle ex Hook.) Steenis [Theaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze
Infraspecies:: 3

Camellia sinensis var. dehungensis (Hung T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen) T.L.Ming

Camellia sinensis var. pubilimba Hung T.Chang

Camellia sinensis var. sinensis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
assam tea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pu er cha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
teyilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
普洱茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
普洱茶膏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Thea assamica Royle ex Hook. Kew Gardens: 28 (1847).
Thea sinensis var. assamica (Royle ex Hook.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 144 (1887), nom. illeg.
Camellia assamica (Royle ex Hook.) C.D.Darl & Jan.Ammal Chromos. Atlas Cult. Pl.: 119 (1945).
Camellia assamica var. kucha Hung T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 19 (1983).
Camellia assamica subsp. lasiocalyx (G.Watt) W.Wight Curr. Sci. 31: 299 (1962).
Camellia assamica var. polyneura (Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang) Hung T.Chang Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 49: 135 (1998).
Camellia kucha (Hung T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen) Hung T.Chang Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 47(6): 129 (2008).
Camellia multisepala Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 14 (1983).
Camellia polyneura Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 15 (1983).
Camellia scottiana Choisy Mém. Ternstroem. Camell.: 90 (1855), not validly publ.
Camellia sinensis var. kucha Hung T.Chang & S.S.Wang Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1984(1): 10 (1984).
Camellia sinensis var. lasiocalyx (G.Watt) A.P.Das & C.Ghosh Pleione 10: 168 (2016).
Camellia tenuistipa Orel, Curry & Luu Pursuit Hidden Camellias Vietnam China: 263 (2015).
Camellia thea var. assamica (Royle ex Hook.) Boerl. Cat. Pl. Phan.: 94 (1901).
Camellia thea var. lasiocalyx G.Watt J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 32: 79 (1907).
Camellia theifera Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 558 (1854).
Camellia theifera var. assamica (Royle ex Hook.) Greshoff Meded. Lands Plantentuin 10: 24 (1893).
Thea cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 338 (1790).
Thea sinensis var. assamica Guilf. Cat. Pl. Melbourne: 158, 189 (1883).
Thea viridis var. assamica (Royle ex Hook.) Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 14: 156 (1855).
Thea yersinii A.Chev. ex Gagnep. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 310 (1943), no Latin descr.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze var. assamica (Mast.) Kitamura	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze var. assamica (Mast.) Kitamura	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Camellia sinensis var. assamica (J.W.Mast.) Kitam.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Camellia sinensis var. assamica (J.w. Mast.) Kitam	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Thea assamica J.W. Mast.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Thea assamica Mast.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Thea assamica Masters	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Thea sinensis L. Forma assamica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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