| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Theaceae |
| Common Name | Tea plant |
| Origin | N.E.India& China |
| Botanical Features | Shrubs. Leaves 8-10 x 3-4 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate, base acute, serrate; petiole to 5 mm. Flowers axillary, solitary to 3 cm across, white; pedicel to 1.5 cm; bracts 2 or 3, small; sepals 5, 5 mm across, orbicular; petals 5, 2 x 1.5 cm, obovate, connate with outer whorl of stamen; stamens numerous, biseriate; ovary 3-celled, villous, style 3. Capsule to 2 cm across, woody, subglobose. |
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