The Origin and Distribution of Tea Trees and Tea in China

• DOI: 10.5376/jtsr.2023.13.0002
• Publication Date: 2023-08-14T02:17:31Z
• Authors: Chuchu Liu

Tea (Camellia sinensis) originated from wild tea trees in the mountains of southern China, and after thousands years domestication cultivation, China has developed major tea-producing regions with abundant resources numerous excellent varieties.Tea not only holds an important position China's history culture, but it is also one economic crops.Since ancient times, Chinese people have loved drinking tea.The production, art drinking, as well had a profound impact on people's way life, thinking, social communication.This review explores its significant origin process trees.It analyzes main distribution characteristics summarizes recent research progress provides reference for further quality preservation tree germplasm resources.