600-year-old native tea bushes found in Oudomsay

(KPL) Chinese experts have discovered a strain of Lao native tea was estimated at least 600-year-old in Oudomsay province.

A recent survey, conducted by a group of Chinese experts has discovered a strain of native tea which the Chinese experts are conducting a research on original background.

This is a strain of native tea that was dispersedly grown 600 years ago in Laos especially in Oudomsay province...more

According to local news source disclosed that the discovery of native tea is identified in five districts of Oudomsay province namely: Say, Houn, Nga, Baeng and Pakbaeng.

These native tea bushes were discovered dispersedly in different natural places covering about 1,000 ha.

Chinese exports said that one of native tea bushes were discovered in the nature that it is nearly the graveyard was identified that this graveyard might have 1,000 years ago therefore one of discovered native tea bushes might has as age as graveyard.

They disclosed that these native tea bushes would be high quality and excellent taste, in additional there can also be used to cure the people’s some diseases in particularly blood pressure and others.

Now there are three Chinese companies of Sheunzerming, Shanmou and Dansavane have made decision to make the contracts of purchase from local authorities.

Source: kpl