Anxi or Yongchun origin
The clonal-cultivar record says Huqiu, Anxi; Yongchun sources claim centuries of local cultivation. See Yongchun Foshou.
佛手
Foshou
Large, strongly bullate-leaved cultivar named after the Buddha's-hand citron; Fujian provincial approval 闽认茶1985014. Basis of Yongchun Foshou.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
Also sold or written as 3#
Chinese variants
- 香橼种 / 雪梨Xiangyuan Zhong / XueliAlternative names (Quanzhou government).
- 闽认茶1985014Min Ren Cha 1985014 — cultivar recognition codeFujian provincial approval number, 1985.
Translations and trade names
- Buddha's Hand
Names and ambiguities#
Notes#
The 2014 national record of clonal cultivars, quoted by the International Camellia Register, gives the origin as 骑虎岩, Jinbang, Huqiu town, Anxi. Yongchun sources trace the county's planting back to 1704. Because of this conflict, origin_region is left empty.
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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永春佛手
Yongchun Foshou Yǒngchūn Fóshǒu
Oolong from the large-leaved Foshou cultivar, protected as a GI for Yongchun County (GB/T 21824-2008); its aroma is likened to pear or citron.
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