霜降Frost's Descent
中茶501
Zhōngchá 501

Zhongcha 501

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Very early, small-leaf green-tea cultivar selected from the Muhe population and promoted for mechanical harvesting.

Botanical
Camellia sinensis
Kind
clonal cultivar

Notes#

Registration. CAAS records GPD 茶树(2021)330040.

Plant and use. A vigorous shrub with relatively few hairs on the young shoots. The institute identifies green tea as the intended processing category and recommends the cultivar for the Hangzhou area.

Sources#

  1. Reference worksaccessed 2026-10-19