Mainly produced in Yunnan's Menghai, Mengla, Simao, Gengma, Cangyuan, Shuangjiang, Lincang, Yuanjiang, Jingdong, Dali, Pingbian, Hekou, Maguan, Malipo, Wenshan, Xichou, Guangnan, Xishuangbanna, as well as in Guizhou's Panxian and Rongjiang, Guangxi's Fusui and Zhaoping, Fujian's Nanjing, Guangdong's Ruyuan, Lianshan, and Maoming, and Hainan's Changjiang, Qiongzhong, Ledong, Baoting, and Lingshui. It grows in subtropical and tropical mountain forests at altitudes of 1,200 to 1,400 meters. It is also distributed in northern Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and India.

Rare species. The wild tea tree (including cultivated wild tea trees), also known as Pu-erh tea, is distributed in southern Yunnan and Hainan. Among them, Yunnan has an 800-year-old 'Tea Tree King,' which is currently the largest plant. Although local measures have been taken for its protection, the plant is still subject to human interference. Without strengthened management and protection, it risks being destroyed. In Hainan, with the increase in population, natural forests have sharply decreased. At the same time, many people go up the mountains to pick wild tea leaves around the 'Qingming Festival' each year, leading to a gradual decline in wild tea trees.

Altitude lower limit (meters) 1200

Altitude upper limit (meters) 1400