Theaceae
Tea
Camellia sinensis
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Camellia
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (84)
- Afrikaans
- Teestruik
- Amharic
- ሻይ ቅጠል, ሻይቅጠል, ካሜሊያ ሲኔንሲስ
- Arabic
- كاميليا صينية, شاي
- ary
- أتاي
- arz
- كاميليا صينيه
- Asturian
- Té chino
- azb
- چای
- Azerbaijani
- Çay
- Bangla
- ক্যামেলিয়া সাইনেনসিস, ক্যামেলিয়া সিনেনসিস, চা গাছ
- Basque
- Te
- Belarusian
- Гарбата кітайская
- Bosnian
- Čaj
- Bulgarian
- Чай
- Burmese
- လက်ဖက်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 茶樹
- Catalan
- Te
- Chinese
- 茶树, 茶樹, 槚, 皋芦, 茗, 茶, 茶叶, 茶子
- Croatian
- Kineski čajevac
- Czech
- Čajovník čínský
- Danish
- Tebusk, Tebusken
- Divehi
- ސައިފަތް
- Dutch
- Theeplant, Thee, Theestruik, තේ ගස
- English
- Tea, Tea plant, Tea shrub
- Esperanto
- Teoarbedo
- Estonian
- Teepõõsas
- Finnish
- Teepensas
- French
- Théier, Thé
- frr
- Tee
- Galician
- Planta de té, Té
- Ganda
- Caayi
- Georgian
- Ჩაი
- German
- Tee, Teepflanze, Teestrauch
- Greek
- Καμέλια η σινική
- Hebrew
- קמליה סינית, קמיליה סיננסיס
- Hindi
- कामेल्या सीनेन्सीस्, कैमेलिया साइनेन्सिस, कैमेलिया साइनेसिस
- hsb
- Chinski čajowc
- Hungarian
- Tea
- Italian
- Albero del tè, Foglia di tè, Pianta del tè
- Japanese
- チャノキ, チャノキ（茶の木）, チャ, 茶の木, 茶樹
- Kazakh
- Шай бұтағы
- Kinyarwanda
- Icyayi
- Korean
- 차나무
- lah
- چاء دا بوٹا
- Latvian
- Tējas koks, Tējas krūms, Tējaskrūms
- Lithuanian
- Kininis arbatmedis
- Macedonian
- Чајна билка
- Malagasy
- Dite
- Malay
- Teh
- Malayalam
- തേയില
- Manipuri
- ꯆꯥ ꯃꯅꯥ
- mrj
- Чӓй
- nan
- Tê-châng, Tê-tsâng, Tê-chhiū
- nds
- Teeplant, Teestruuk
- Nepali
- चीयाको बोट
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tebusk, Tebuske
- os
- Цайгæрдæг
- Persian
- کاملیا سیننسیس
- Polish
- Herbata chińska, Krzew herbaciany
- Portuguese
- Chá, Chá-da-índia, Arbusto do chá
- Quechua
- Tiy yura, Tiy thansa
- Romanian
- Ceai, Camelia sinensis
- Russian
- Чай, Камелия китайская, Китайская камелия, Чай китайский, Чайный куст
- Sanskrit
- चायसस्यम्
- Serbian
- Чај, Čaj
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၼဵင်ႈ, တူၼ်ႈလႃႉ, တူၼ်ႈၶျႃး
- Shona
- Musvutugadzike
- Sinhala
- තේ ගස
- Slovak
- Čajovník čínsky
- Slovenian
- Čajevec
- Spanish
- Planta de té, Camelia sinensis, Cha, Planta de cha, Té
- Swahili
- Mchai
- Swedish
- Tebuske
- Tamil
- தேயிலை
- Telugu
- తేయాకు
- Thai
- ต้นชา, ชา
- Turkish
- Çay
- Ukrainian
- Чай, Чайний кущ
- Uzbek
- Choy
- Vietnamese
- Chè, Cây chè, Cây trà, Trà
- Walloon
- Teyî
- Western Frisian
- Teeplant
- wuu
- 茶树
- za
- Mbawcaz
- zza
- Çay
Synonyms
- Camellia arborescens Hung T.Chang & F.L.Yu
- Camellia chinensis (Sims) Kuntze
- Camellia thea Link
- Thea sinensis L.
- Thea sinensis var. macrophylla Siebold
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: The original uploader was Simona Chesauan at Romanian Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Afifa Afrin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.