Camellia sinensis leaf extract, or tea leaf extract, may exert significant health benefits. This article takes a closer look at its health effects and some common uses.

Annals of Botany, Vol. 93, No. 1 (January 2004), pp. 97-105 (9 pages) • Background and Aims Tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.) accumulate large amounts of fluoride (F) from soils containing normal F ...

First cultivated in China more than 2,000 years ago, Camellia sinensis, also known as the tea plant or tea shrub, is the source of tea. The most common varieties, green, black and oolong, are ...

The Camellia grouping, or genus, contains over 100 species, including ornamental garden plants. But only Camellia Sinensis is grown commercially for making tea.

It’s not every day you find yourself standing in a tea garden in Devon, surrounded by rows of Camellia sinensis – the same plant species used to make tea in India, China and Japan. But there ...