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Tea blossoms that emerge from the tea tree are left intact during the harvest. These blossoms are pollinated and produce fruits that ripen around Thadingyut and Tazaungmone (around October and November). The most mature fruits fall to the ground and the fruits that remain are picked for the seeds. The capsule-like seeds are egg-shaped and turn slightly brown when ripe. Inside the capsule is 2 or 3 seed pods which contain 2 or 3 seeds. After picking these tea seed capsules when ripe, the tea growers use them to growing new tea trees on their plots or if they don’t have time, they will grow them as separate saplings which are then transplanted the next season. Some people used to sell the bloom and fruits of the tea plants. Some people used in the dry tea after picking the fruit of tea plants. That can make a better fragrance of dried tea leaf. The price of fruits from tea leaf plants is nearly 3,000 or 4,000(Myanmar Kyat) for one viss. For tea growers, the whole tea plant is useful.

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