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Withering / wilting: The tea leaves will begin to wilt soon after picking, with a gradual onset of enzymatic oxidation. Withering is used to remove excess water from the leaves and allows a very slight amount of oxidation. [10] The leaves can be either put under the sun or left in a cool breezy room to pull moisture out from the leaves. [11]
Crush, tear, curl (sometimes cut, tear, curl) is a method of processing tea leaves into black tea in which the leaves are passed through a series of cylindrical rollers with hundreds of sharp teeth that crush, tear, and curl the tea into small, hard pellets. This replaces the final stage of orthodox tea manufacture, in which the leaves are ...
Euphorbia characias flowers. Euphorbiaceae (/ j uː ˈ f oʊ r b iː ˌ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants.In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, [2] which is also the name of the type genus of the family.
The genus Euphorbia is one of the largest and most complex genera of flowering plants, and several botanists have made unsuccessful attempts to subdivide the genus into numerous smaller genera. According to the recent phylogenetic studies, [22] [23] [24] Euphorbia can be divided into four subgenera, each containing several sections and groups.
The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, when boiled with syrup. The leaves and slices of the branches can be turned into sweets similar to candied fruit. The plant is also grown as a living fence to delimit land or to contain livestock. The wood is aromatic, and is used for small objects such as knife handles.
Euphorbia nivulia forms a small tree up to 9 m (30 ft) high and 1 m (3 ft) in girth. The bark is rough and thick. The branches are succulent, and grow out from the trunk at an obtuse angle. Spirally arranged tubercles on the branches bear clusters of sharp spines. The leaves are simple and arranged alternately, and have a very short or no stalk.
Euphorbieae (commonly called Euphorbia) has a sap inside of it - that when it breaks or is cut - comes out of it, and tends to irritate the skin. Euphorbieae were thought to be a bisexual flower, however, research has shown that there are many male flowers surround one female flower.
Euphorbia socotrana (Soqotri šeber) is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree or shrub endemic to Soqotra in Yemen. [2] It has glaucous leaves clustered at the branch tips, and pale brown or almost white bark. Its leaves persist into the dry season, and it drops its leaves in the summer and re-leafs when the rains return. [1]