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THE word “Tea”is applied to the leaves of numerous plants from which infusions are made in their several native countries. Thus in Paraguay they use a species of Holly, in Abyssinia and Arabia the leaves of Catha edulis, and in Labrador those of Ledum latifolium.

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1. J. R. Jackson
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Jackson, J. Tea.Nature 2, 215–217 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002215a0

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• Issue Date: 14 July 1870
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/002215a0

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