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Vine Tea

Nekemias grossedentata is a species of plant in the family Vitaceae whose leaves and stems are used to make a tisane known as vine tea, moyeam, or tengcha. It is mainly distributed in central and southern China and Indochina. Most moyeam is grown in Zhangjiajie, a mountainous region in Hunan Province in central China. The synonym Ampelopsis grossedentata is still commonly encountered in the media and literature.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Gynostemma
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Cucurbitales
Hardiness: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7558985