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Goeku-shirotama

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Id:ICR-6362

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1994

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Goeku-shirotama'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:越来白球 ごえくしろたま

Meaning:White camellia from Goeku

Description

» English Description

JCS, Tsubaki, No.33, 1994, p.35: Selected by Hiroshi, Matsuda, Okinawa. Flower white, small, cup-shaped single. Blooms mid-season. Leaves medium sized, elliptic. Shrub spreading and sturdy. A white C.hozanensis. From an ancient tree in Goeku, Okinawa, Japan. Goeku is the place where the Ryūkyū king Shōtaikyū stayed in the 15th century.

» Japanese Description

 淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》.p13.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.94.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.13. 冲縄產. [花]白、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、12~1月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]横張り性、強い、生長やや遅い。[来歴]古くから越来の民家にあるツバキ、1991年に沖縄椿の会の命名.発表。写/新川、文/新城

Flower

Flower Size6-8 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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