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camellia sinensis

I have a "green tea" camellia (not exactly mediterranean) that I've had for
about three years.  I noticed while weeding out my garden thug (wish I knew
the name--it's a rampant ground cover that has leaves that look like celery
leaves--although only one leaf per stem, and pretty yellow, buttercup-type
flowers occasionally--covers a lot of boring bare patches under some hybrid
teas, and goes through the summer well, if watered)--anyway, I noticed that
this still-small shrub had FRUIT on it--hard, green, round fruits about the
size of cherry tomatoes and smaller.  I called ever-useful Berkeley Hort,
who assured me that this is a normal, although not annual event.  I blame
it on El Nino (unless it's La Nina's doing).  

So, are they useful for anything?  And what about the leaves?  Has anyone
actually ever made green tea from this plant?  How does one do it?

Carol
Oakland CA
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