中茶108
Zhongcha 108
Very early clonal green-tea cultivar bred from radiation-induced variants of Longjing 43 by the CAAS Tea Research Institute; nationally appraised in 2010.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
Also sold or written as 1#
Romanisations
- Zhong Cha 108
Notes#
Breeding ran from 1986 to 2010 through single-plant selection, clonal propagation, comparative trials and national regional trials. The appraisal identifier is 国品鉴茶2010013; this is an appraisal record, not a plant-variety-rights claim.
The breeder describes a medium-leaf shrub with yellow-green, sparsely hairy shoots and sprouting earlier than Longjing 43. Its 2023 profile records cultivation in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and Shandong. Trial yields and chemical measurements should not be treated as fixed properties of every crop.