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Chōkai

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Id:ICR-2731

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1979

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia rusticana 'Chōkai'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:鳥海 ちょうかい

Meaning:Name of mountain

Synonym

Tori-umi  Inazawa Nurseries Co. Ltd. Catalogue, 1986-1987, p.3, A:139.Different reading for Chōkai.

Description

» English Description

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.97, colour photo, p.231, description: Small size, cup shaped, simple single of 5 petals, white, with a spreading group of lemon yellow stamens with deep yellow anthers. Leaves, elliptical, apex bluntly acute, recurved, sharply serrate; petiole hirsute. Originated in Chōkai Town, Yuri Sub-prefecture, Aichi Pre­fecture, Japan. Named and released by Tokuji Ōoka in 1980.

» Japanese Description

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.166.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.17. 秋田產. [花]白、一重、椀咲き、肉厚、ユキツバキ状しベ、小輪、3~4月。[葉]楕円、小形、平坦。[樹]叢生。[来歴]ユキツバキ系。由利本荘市鳥海町の民家の栽培種、1980年に大岡徳治の命名.発表。写/榛原、文/犬岡

Flower

Flower Size6-8 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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