3. TEA
Botanical Name- Camellia sinesis(L)Kuntze
Family – Theacea
Common Name – Chai
Vernacular Name – Chai
Source – Leaves and leaf buds
4. C. sinensis is native to East Asia, the IndianSubcontinent, and
Southeast Asia .
But it is today cultivated across the world in tropical and subtropical
regions in areas with at least 127 cm of rainfall a year.
India is a leading tea exporting country. Assam,Darjeeling, Nilgiris,
Dehradun and Kumaon are the main tea-producing regions in India.
5. MORPHOLOGY
It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below 2 m
when cultivated for its leaves. Flowers are yellow-white.
The leaves are 4–15 cm long and 2–5 cm broad. Fresh leaves contain about 4%
caffeine, as well as related compounds including theobromine.
The young, light-green leaves are preferably harvested for tea production;
they have short, white hairs.
6. Economic importance
Tea is the most common non-alcoholic beverage, used by more than one-half
of the world’s population.
Tea leaves, when infused in hot water, dissolve their alkaloid and oil, and the
beverage thus resulted has a stimulating effect.
Tannins of tea waste are used in plywood industry.
7. COFFEE
Botanical name: Coffea arabica L.
Family: Rubiaceae
Common name: Coffee
Vernacular name: Coffee
Source: Seeds
C. arabica is native to African
continent
8. MORPHOLOGY
All coffee species are woody evergreens, small shrubs to trees more than 10
meters (30 feet) tall. Leaves yellowish to dark green.
Leaves are oval or elliptical.
Flowers’s white and red berries or that contain seeds. The seeds of the
berries are the “beans” from which the coffee beverage is made. Most coffee
berries contain two seeds.
9. Economic importance
Coffee is a popular non-alcoholic beverage, prepared from the powdered
roasted beans and used for its stimulating effect.
Caffeine obtained from the beans is used in pharmaceuticals.
The plant is used as Fodder and animal feed.
Tannins obtained from coffee are used in dye and tanning industries.
