We explored tea (Camellia sinensis) in 6 towns on the Tsushima Island of Nagasaki Prefecture from November 18 to 21 in 2000. We collected 1,209 tea seeds from 20 sites on the island. Almost all the local populations from the Tsushima island are distinguished from another Japanese local populations in floral morphological characters. In the Tsushima's population, the relativeheight of pistil was longer than that of stamens at a high frequency. We can usually find tea plants around the field or on road side. The farmers used to made tea by manual pan fired methodwith the tea shoots in their communities until some years before.
雑誌名
植物遺伝資源探索導入調査報告書
雑誌名(英)
Annual Report on Exploration and Introduction of Plant Genetic Resources