On September 22, the Hue City Forest Protection Department discovered many ancient tea trees on high mountain ranges in A Luoi district. The analysis results showed that 2/8 of the collected samples were the famous ancient forest sweetener (Camellia sinensis var. assamica).
Accordingly, tea samples were collected at compartment 8 (sub-compartment 57, Doc Che peak, road 71); compartment 1 (sub-compartment 270, Dat 2 village, A Luoi 1 commune); compartment 5 (sub-compartment 341) and compartment 3 (sub-compartment 344, A Luoi 5 commune - Cha Linh - Mu Nu area, the headwaters of Huu Trach river).
The two samples in sub-areas 341 and 344 showed similar results in both appearance and genetics to the ancient Shan sweet variety. The remaining six models have major differences, not overlapping with the comparison model.
From the survey results, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hue City proposed that the City People's Committee assign the Department of Science and Technology to develop an in-depth research topic on distribution areas, natural reserves, breeding models and production applications.
The Forest Protection Department of A Luoi area said that the first ancient tea tree was discovered along Highway 71 at an altitude of 1,069m, about 5m high. On September 1, the forest rangers continued to discover a larger tea tree in the Doc Che area. As of September 4, many more wild tea trees continued to be discovered in Hong Kim commune (old).
