Ikune-chō

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.27 with colour photo; English translation p.17. A white, medium size, trumpet shaped single with cylindrical stamens. Flowers mid-season. Leaves large, narrowly elliptic. A chance seedling of Chōchidori, named and released by Totsurō Nakamura in 1982. ‘Ikune’ is the name of the nursery where a series of these varieties have been originated. From Tokyo.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.27.　【花】白色一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、中輪、4月。【葉】 長楕円、大形。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】蝶千鳥の自然実生。 1982年に仲村訥郎の命名•発表。写•文/仲村。