本山
Benshan
Medium-sprouting, medium-leaf shrub from Nanyan, Yaoyang, Xiping; oolong only, close to Tieguanyin in aroma. National number GS13010-1985.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
- Origin
- Xiping
Also sold or written as 3#
Romanisations
- Ben Shan
Registration identifiers
- GS13010-1985Former national validation number.
- GPD 茶树（2018）350002Registration number (cultivar record via the International Camellia Register).
Notes#
Not to be confused with 本山绿泥, a Yixing clay (lvni in this termbase) that shares the characters.
Teas made from it#
闽南乌龙
Minnan oolong Mǐnnán wūlóng
Grouping for southern Fujian oolong: Anxi Tieguanyin and the other Anxi cultivars, Yongchun Foshou and Zhangping Shuixian. Usually rolled into tight half-balls.
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本山
Benshan Běnshān
Oolong made from Anxi’s Benshan cultivar. Its floral aroma can resemble Tieguanyin, but it is a distinct plant and deserves its own product identity.
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