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Bànuò

Banuo

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Village on the east half-mountain of Mengku, Shuangjiang; best known for tengtiao ('rattan') old trees, with over 800 mu of trees above 100 years.

Level
Village
administrative village (村)
Within
Yunnan › Lincang › Shuangjiang › Mengku

Where it lies#

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2312 places shown Across the view · 909 km
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55 places shown Across the view · 252 km

Cultivation#

Cultivars grown
Mengku large-leaf
Plant age
Over 800 mu of trees older than 100 years (2019).
Practice
Tengtiao (藤条) management of old trees; weeding twice and tilling three times a year; village rules allow only farmyard and organic fertiliser.

Local words#

People#

Han 汉族
Majority of the village (2019), six main surnames.
Lahu 拉祜族
Under a fifth of residents (2019).

Market#

Trading towns
Mengku
Prices of teas claiming this origin
Old-tree spring tea about 500 yuan/kg and 'ecological' tea about half that (People's Daily, 2019). The 2020 Kunming spring reference price for Banuo old tree was 1,000-1,500 yuan/kg.
Misnaming to watch for: One vendor's Banuo page gives 1,400 m in its specifications and 1,700-1,900 m in its text.

History#

  1. 2019The 'tengtiao king' tree's crop sells for over 70,000 yuan; old-tree spring tea about 500 yuan/kg.

Other names and written forms 4#

Chinese variants
  • 坝糯村Bànuò cūnBanuo — villageBanuo administrative village, one of Mengku's sixteen.
  • 坝糯大寨Bànuò dàzhài(Banuo Dazhai)The main hamlet, named as the representative village of the east half-mountain.
  • 坝糯藤条茶Bànuò téng tiáo cháBanuo Tengtiao — teaBanuo tengtiao ('rattan-cane') tea, the village's signature.
Romanisations
  • Ba Nuo

Names and ambiguities#

Banuo vs. Banuo Dazhai

Banuo is an administrative village of nine groups; Banuo Dazhai is its main hamlet. Writers praising 'Banuo' old trees usually mean Dazhai, which has the most old trees on the east half-mountain.

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Notes#

Banuo is one of Mengku's sixteen administrative villages and is counted among the eight areas of the east half-mountain (东半山). Banuo Dazhai is called the representative village of the east half and the one with the most surviving old trees there. In 2019 the village had nine villager groups, 365 households and 1,265 people, mainly Han (six main surnames), with Lahu under a fifth; 43 households traded tea themselves. Over 800 mu of trees are older than 100 years. The village is known for tengtiao tea (藤条茶); the sources opened name it but do not describe the training or picking method behind it. A 'tengtiao king' tree over 8 m tall and over 1 m in trunk diameter sold its crop for over 70,000 yuan in 2019. Village rules allow only farmyard and organic fertiliser; gardens are weeded twice and tilled three times a year. Per-capita net income in 2018 was 9,800 yuan, over 70% from tea.

Listings claiming this origin 1#

Price ranks compare recorded retail offers for the same tea, including offers outside the current delivery filter. Shipping and import charges are excluded.

ProductVendorPricePer 100 g
Banuo Sheng Pu'er
Mid-range of 190
Stated year: 2018
Claimed origin: Banuo
Details
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Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.

Area as stated
1,400 m
Tree age / type
up to 300 years (gushu)
Yoshi en
Selected destinations

EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Canada

Shipping policy
€89.90 / 357 g $28.24
€25.18 / 100 g
≈ $1.98 a session

Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.

Sources#

  1. Reference worksaccessed 2026-10-18
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