Hakurō

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.337, p.140, description, p.247: Large white, cup-shaped, semi-double with 11-12 large outer petals in 2-3 rows and a central column of stamens. Selected from cultivars grown by a private family in Utsumi Town, Shōdo Island, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hasechika Imoto. See Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.237:- White semi-double, at first the stamens are closed but, in early spring, they become separated. Medium sized, early to mid-season flowering. Leaves small ovate with shallow serrations.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.195.  【花】白色の八重、肉厚、光沢が強い、中輪、 2〜4月。【葉】楕円、中形。【樹】立性。 【来歴】小豆島内海町の民家の栽培種よ り選抜。1976年に井本長谷親の命名•発 表、ろうそくの芯を連想しての名称。写• 文/今雪哲。