Showing Food Oil-seed Camellia
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| Name | Oil-seed Camellia | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Camellia oleifera | ||||||||||
| Description | Oil-seed camellia (or tea oil camellia) is an important source of edible oil (known as tea oil or camellia oil) obtained from its seeds. Tea oil is a sweetish seasoning and cooking oil that should not be confused with tea tree oil, an essential oil that is used for medical and cosmetical purposes and originates from the leaves of a different plant. [Wikipedia] | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00776 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Oilseed crops | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Ericales | ||||||||||
| Family | Theaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Camellia | ||||||||||
| Species | oleifera | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Camellia_oleifera | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||