The tea plant has glossy green leaves and white blossoms.

茶树有光滑的绿叶和白色的花瓣。

Rising temperatures are damaging tea plants, says agronomist Steven Mwaniki.

农学家史蒂文·万妮科称，气温的不断增高破坏了茶叶种植。

Well, as far as I know, tea plants are grown on the sides of mountains.

嗯，据我所知，茶树生长在山边。

In the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty, a Japanese monk brought the first tea plant to Japan.

在9世纪，唐朝时期一位日本和尚将第一柱茶作物带到日本。

And the plant to grow, she says, is camellia sinensis (var. sinensis), also known as the " tea plant."

而且这种植物，她说，是茶树（变种：中国茶树），也被称为“茶植物”。

Camellia sinensis is called the " tea plant" because white, green, black, and oolong teas all come from this plant.

茶树被称为“茶植”，因为白茶、绿茶、红茶和乌龙茶都来自这种植物。

We have created a world in which caffeine is indispensable, and therefore the coffee plant and the tea plant are indispensable.

我们创造了一个离不开咖啡因的世界，也正因此咖啡作物和茶树是不可或缺的。

The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.

书中描述了茶树是如何生长以及如何用来制茶的。

It works on the goats, who leave the tea untouched and instead eat up the weeds, fertilising the tea plants with their droppings.

这对山羊很有效，它们不碰茶叶，取而代之仅吃周围的杂草，其排泄物为茶树施肥。

It was my first introduction to understanding how to grow and take care of tea plants and it was very inspiring to me.

它是我了解如何种植和照顾茶树的启蒙书，对我很有启发。

Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time.

一棵茶树上的叶子落入水中并在里边煮了一会儿。

This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.

茶叶贸易帮助传播茶的普及以及世界更多地方的茶叶种植。

Professor Markman Ellis tells us that people in Ancient China consumed – or ate – leaves from the tea plant and it had an interesting effect on them.

马尔克曼艾利斯教授告诉我们在中国古代人们吃茶叶，这会给他们产生一种有趣的影响。

With the development of cultural Today, a number of countries across the five continents grow tea plants, and many countries import tea from China.

现在五大洲有不少国家种茶，也有很多国家从中国进口茶。

Damiano, who writes for the Associated Press, says that growing your own tea plants in the garden can provide enough leaves and flower buds to keep your tea pot filled year-round.

为美联社撰稿的达米亚诺说，在花园里种植自己的茶树可以提供足够的茶叶和花蕾，让你的茶壶一年四季都充满茶香。