Production of an edible oil from tea seed
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Keywords

Tea
Seeds
Edible oils

How to Cite

Production of an edible oil from tea seed. (1983). Tropical Agriculture, 60(2). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2394

Abstract

Commercial cultivars of the beverage tea plant grown in redundant seed stock orchards yielded over 4 t ha-1 of seed in the peak year of the biennial bearing cycle. Oil production was estimated as ? 0.8 t ha-1. A good quality oil was extracted with properties similar to those of accepted edible oils.
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