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Camellia sinensis var. assamica

Authority	(J. Masters) Kitam.
Family	Magnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Theales:Theaceae
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Ecocrop code	4089

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A fast-growing woody shrub or small tree with pale to dark green up to 35 cm long leaves under natural conditions reaching a height of up to 15 m. Under cultivation it is usually pruned down to 0.5-1.5 m and trained as a low spreading bush. KILLING T Leaves are killed at 0°C. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. Harvest of leaves may begin after 2-5 years and reaches a maximum at 7-10 years. The growth cycle is 240-365 days, fruits takes 270-360 days to matureand seed are normally produced after 4-5 years. The economic life of the plant is about 40-45 years, but sometimes the shrub are kept in production 60-70, or even 100 years. COMMON NAMES Assam tea, Tea, The, Te, Tee, Tsa. FURTHER INF Assam tea can be grown in tropical lowland up to about 1000 m in elevation. Hail can cause great damage and windbreaks are beneficial. It is sensitive to drought and cold. It thrives with fairly high relative humidity (67-85%). One ton of tea removes 45-60 kg N, 4-7 kg P and 20-30 kg K from the field. Optimum yield is relatively high to about 3.0 t/ha.
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SOURCES (C. sinensis var. assamica (Mast.) Pierre) Zabala N 1990 pp 151-160 [TEMP, RAIN, TEXT, PH, FER, DRA, LIG, USE] Williams C 1979a pp 68-75 [TEMP, PHO, RAIN, DEP, PH] Purseglove J 1974 pp 599-612 [TEMP, RAIN, DEP, DRA, PH, LIMIT] Rehm S 1991 pp 253-258 [TEMP, RAIN, KTMP, DEP, DRA, PH, FER]