Id:ICR-3565
Country:Japan
Year Published/Registered:1966
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Daihakuren'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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» English Description
Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, p.96, and 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.21, p.11 as ‘Dai-haku-ren’, p.91 description: Leaves, broadly oblong or oblong-elliptic, shortly acuminate, with glabrous petioles. Flowers single, pure white; petals roundish, crimped at margin. Stamens cylindrical, pale yellow anthers, white filaments. The Kadan Chikinshō variety is read as ‘Ōshirahasu’ and is obsolete; Tuyama’s Camellia is a modern one, originated in Sofue-chō, Nakajima-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1933. The Chinese reading is ‘Daibaihe’.