Thanks Ratna ji for photograph of tea plant
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 195. > 1887 > Syn: Thea sinensis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 515. 1753. > > Type: Lectotype = "Tsja" in Kaempfer, Amoen. Exot. Fasc., 605, 606, 1712 > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Ratna Ghosh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Common Name: Tea > > Scientific Name: Camellia sinensis > > Family : Theaceae > > Flowering : Oct-Nov > > Shot at : South Sikkim > > Date : October,'10 > > > > When plucked in tea gardens, a low bush to 1.5m or less. If allowed to > grow, > > an erect shrub to 5m or more, > > with solitary white flowers. > > > > Regards > > Ratna Ghosh > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
