Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze.
| Synonym : | Camellia bohea (L.) Sweet Camellia chinensis (Sims) Kuntze Camellia viridis Sweet Thea bohea L. Thea viridis L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Cha, Chapata. |
| English Name : | Tea Plant. |
| Family : | Theaceae |
| Disease : | stomachic, diaphoretic, diuretic. |
| Description : | A large evergreen shrub or small tree. Leaves up to 10 cm long elliptic, serrate, coriaceous. Flowers 3.75 cm diam., white, solitary, peduncles with a few distinct bracts, sometimes a second flower in the axil of one of them. Capsules depressed globose, 3-cornered, 3-seeded. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet, Moulvi Bazar, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Dinajpur. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves, particularly the young leaves, are very rich in the alkaloid, caffeine. They also contain other alkaloids like theophylline, theobromine, xanthine, hypoxanthine and nicotine. Other chemical constituents of leaf include polyphenols, tannins and fat |
| Uses : | Leaves are good appetizer, detergent and resolvent, useful in thirst, hemicrania, pain in the heart, piles, and inflammations. Young leaves and the alkaloid caffeine contained in it are astringent, stimulant and diuretic. Caffeine is extensively used in m |
| Habit : | Shrub |