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Which regions are included in the tea plant’s natural habitat?

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Neatly planted rows of green tea bushes stretch across rolling fields with Mount Fuji, capped with snow, rising in the background in Japan. — tea Rows of tea (*Camellia sinensis*) growing in Japan, with Mount Fuji in the background.

The natural habitat of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) is a fan-shaped region spanning several areas in Asia. This native range extends from the frontier between Assam, India, and Myanmar—specifically including Nagaland and Manipur—eastward through China, likely reaching as far as Zhejiang province. From this line, the habitat extends south through the hills of Myanmar and Thailand into Vietnam.1