Inzen

Inazawa Nursery Co. Ltd. Catalogue, 1986-1987, p.14. No description. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.241, colour photo and description: Small size, deep red blotched white, campanulate single of 5 broad, emarginate, overlapping petals, with a central column of stamens with pinkish to white filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers: Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves deep green, elliptic, apices long acuminate, recurved, margins serrulate and a little twisted. Originated in Japan. A chance seedling of a cultivar, originated and named by Tōhei Takahashi, released by Minoru Satō in 1981. Chinese synonym ‘Yuanxuan’.

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪，2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》，第120页。日本爱知县一带。花浓红色，有蜡质感，有白色大斑块，单瓣型，小型花，花瓣5〜7枚，宽圆形，边缘略皱褶，花心有较粗的筒状雄蕊，花丝白色，花药黄色，花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色,椭圆形，略波浪扭曲，光亮，植株开张，生长旺盛。花期中至晚。

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.241.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.35. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.140. 愛知產. [花]濃紅色地に白斑が入る、一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、小輪、2～4月。[葉]楕円、小～中形、肉厚、波曲。[樹]やや横張り性、強い。[来歴]園芸品種の自然実生、高橋藤平の選抜.命名、1981年佐藤稔の発表。写/桐野、文/佐藤