What I Did Not Know About Camellia Synensis

The main varieties of tea you hear about like green tea and black tea are from the same plant. Camellia synensis is an evergreen shrub or tree that produces small white petaled flowers in the wild, it will eventually reach tree size. In situations where it's been cultivated, generally they're kept at a shrub size via pruning. But Martin stresses that they're actually not that different in taste either.