Sikkim Flower 4

Ratna Ghosh

unread,

Nov 8, 2010, 7:26:06 AM11/8/10

to naturep...@googlegroups.com, indian...@googlegroups.com

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

Camelia sinensis_SSikkim 160 copy.psd ch.jpg

Pankaj Kumar

unread,

Nov 8, 2010, 8:29:01 AM11/8/10

to Ratna Ghosh, naturep...@googlegroups.com, indian...@googlegroups.com

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

--
***********************************************
"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

Gurcharan Singh

unread,

Nov 8, 2010, 10:05:46 AM11/8/10

to Pankaj Kumar, Ratna Ghosh, naturep...@googlegroups.com, indian...@googlegroups.com

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/

Reply all

Reply to author

Forward