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Common Names
Green Tea leaves
Latin Name
Camellia sinensis
Habitat
Green Tea is native to mainland South and Southeast Asia, but today it is cultivated across the world in tropical and subtropical regions.
Traditional Uses
It is the first tea plant that was used to produce tea three thousand years ago. The leaves have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and other traditional medical systems to treat asthma, vascular, and coronary disease.
Medicinal Uses
Green tea extracts have increase in popularity recently due to research on antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and especially weight loss.
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