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Daruma Believed Extinct

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-3670

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1699

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Daruma'

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Taruma  (Founder of Zen Buddhism), Mizuno, 1681, Kadan Kōmoku. Daruma is the valid reading for this cultivar. ‘Taruma’ is the ancient writing which often omitted the two dots ‘dakuten’ besides the first character.

Description

» English Description

Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969, pl.381: Soft pink. Peony to semi-double camellia with white, laciniated petal margins. Origi­nated in Japan.Different reading: ‘Taruma’.(Believed extinct)

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