植物分类学家张宏达教授,几次深入实地考察研究,在云南滇南部少数民族产茶居住区,终于发现和确定阿萨姆茶为独立种,它和中国茶完全没有从属关系,且阿萨姆种是普洱茶原种,断定印度阿萨姆种茶树源自云南西南部,并把阿萨姆种改名为普洱茶种,作为世界茶树原种,得到了国家茶学界的广泛认同。 Plant taxonomist Professor Zhang Hongda, several in-depth field research, production of tea inhabited areas in southern Yunnan ethnic minorities, and finally found and determined Assam tea as an independent species, it has no affiliation with Chinese tea, and Assam Species is the original species of Pu’er tea. It is concluded that Assam tea tree originated from southwestern Yunnan, and Assam species was renamed as Pu’er tea species. As the original tea tree species in the world, it has been widely recognized by the national tea academia.