毛蟹
Maoxie
Fast-growing, very downy, medium-leaf shrub from Fumei village, Daping, Anxi; flowers freely but sets almost no seed. National number GS13006-1985.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
- Origin
- Anxi County
Also sold or written as 4#
Romanisations
- Mao Xie
Translations and trade names
- Hairy Crab
Registration identifiers
- GS13006-1985Former national validation number.
- GPD 茶树（2018）350001Registration number (cultivar record via the International Camellia Register).
Notes#
Origin account (Anxi government, after the Fujian tea institute's cultivar history): 张加协 of Pingzhou brought the plant from Daqiulun, Fumei, in 1907.
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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毛蟹
Maoxie Máoxiè
Anxi oolong made from Maoxie, a cultivar with conspicuously downy young shoots.
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