Id：ICR-6723
Country：Japan
Year Published/Registered：1933
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Hakkaku'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
Chinese Name：
Japanese Name：白鶴 はくつる
Meaning：
Synonym：
Hakaku
Camellia Forest Nursery Catalogue, 1990, p.3. Corruption of the Japanese name Hakkaku.
Hakutsuru-Chūbu
Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.112. Synonym for Hakkaku.
Hakuzuru
Watanabe, 1970, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.10, p.121. Different reading for Hakkaku.
Shirozuru
Wada, 1941, Garden Treasure of Japan.Different reading for Hakkaku.
» English Description
Yoshida, Shigekurō, 1933, Tsubaki Meikan; Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, colour pl.53, p.99 and Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.16, p.8, description p.89: Bush camellia of open, vigorous growth. Leaves, often large, rhombo-elliptic gradually tapering to apex, somewhat concave on upper surface, laxly undulate, evolute at margins. Flowers widely campanulate, strongly wavy at margins, reflexed half above in full blossom, pure white with one or two short, thick or thin pink streaks. Similar to Kamohonnami except for the red streaks. Similarly the tip of the style is exposed before the bloom opens. Originated in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and first described by Shigekurō Yoshida in 1933. ‘Haku’ is white and ‘Kaku’ is the common name for the red crowned Japanese crane, so the name alludes to the short, red streaks on the big white petals. See Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.22 as ‘Hakutsuru’; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.112 & 237 as ‘Hakutsuru-Chūbu’. Different readings: ‘Hakuzuru’, ‘Hakutsuru’, ‘Hakukaku’. Synonym: ‘Hakutsuru-Chūbu’. Note: The orthography ‘Hakutsuru’ is retained for the Higo camellia of the same characters.
