Mengku Daxueshan
Main peak (about 3,233 m) of the Bangma range in Mengku, with a protected wild tea population of about 12,000-12,700 mu at 2,200-2,750 m, known since the late 1990s.
- Level
- Mountain
- Within
- Yunnan › Lincang › Shuangjiang › Mengku
At a glance#
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
Altitude#
Garden elevations here and in neighbouring places, as sourced.
Cultivation#
- Landraces
- Wild tea population (野生古茶树群落) of large-leaf type. The trade calls it the wild relative behind the Mengku large-leaf landrace (not established here).
- Plant age
- Mostly over 1,000 years (as reported).
- Practice
- Closed to picking; protected for research.
Market#
History#
- 1997Wild tea population comes to notice around the 1997 Yunnan drought (unknown before it, by one account), then is assessed by Chinese and foreign experts.
Other names and written forms 3#
- 邦马大雪山(main peak)Mengku Daxueshan is the main peak of the Bangma Daxueshan range.
- Mengku Big Snow Mountain
- Mengku 'Damaoshan'Name given in the research request. No source found for a Mengku 大帽山 or 大毛山. Probably a mishearing of Daxueshan or a vendor label (unverified).
Notes#
Mengku Daxueshan (勐库大雪山) is the main peak of the Bangma Daxueshan range in Mengku town, about 3,233 m high. Its middle and upper slopes hold a wild tea population at 2,200-2,750 m covering about 12,000-12,700 mu. Chinese reports call it the highest, densest and most intact wild tea community known. Most trees are said to be over 1,000 years old, and a 'No. 1' tree is popularly put at about 2,700 years (unverified trade figure). By one account the population was unknown before Yunnan's 1997 drought and was identified by experts after that. It is now closed to picking and kept for research, so commercial 'Daxueshan' tea usually comes from younger or cultivated trees below it. Lincang has three other 'Daxueshan' names: Bangma, Bangdong and Yongde.