What is Camellia sinensis?
{{Taxobox | name = Camellia sinensis | image = Csinensis.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Camellia sinensis'' | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Ericales]] | familia = [[Theaceae]] | genus = ''[[Camellia]]'' | binomial = ''Camellia sinensis''}} [[File:Camellia sinensis MHNT.BOT.2016.12.24.jpg|thumb|''Camellia sinensis'']] '''''Camellia sinensis''''', the '''tea plant''', is the [[species]] of [[plant]] whose [[Leaf|leaves]] and leaf buds are used to make [[tea]]. It is in the [[genus]] ''[[Camellia]]''. White tea, [[green tea]], [[oolong]], pu-erh tea and [[black tea]] all come from this species. They are processed differently, so they have different levels of oxidation. Kukicha (twig tea) is also harvested from ''Camellia sinensis'', but uses twigs and stems rather than leaves. {{wikispecies|Camellia sinensis}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Tea]] [[Category:Camellia]]