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Kōbai

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1830

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia 'Kōbai'

Chinese Name:红梅

Japanese Name:紅梅 こうばい

Meaning:Red plum

Synonym

Higo-kōbai  Izu Ohshima, 1980, Hawaii Botanical Gardens Catalogue as ‘Higokobai’. Synonym for the Higo camellia Kōbai.

Kabai  ACS., 1974, The Camellia Journal, vol.29, No.1. Corruption of the Japanese name Kōbai.

Kohbai  Andoh, 1974, Tsubaki Nyūmon, No.73.Different reading for Kōbai.

Red Apricot Blossom  Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.138. Synonym for Kōbai.

红梅  杨绍溥,1978,台湾茶花,p.84, No.9.

Description

» English Description

Uekiya Bunsuke Hikki, 1830: Flowers red, stamens like those of a plum flower. For colour photos see: Adachi, 1960, Camellia. Its Appreciation and Artistic..., p.67; Hirat­suka,1964, Higo Camellia, pp.8, 12; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.175; Encyclopedia of Camel­lias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.19; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.53, description, p.213: Light red, Higo flower, 11 cm across, 5-6 petals with about 100 spreading, white stamens. Leaves lanceolate, shining green, decurved, acuminate apex, margins shallowly serrate. Peti­ole strongly twisted. Originated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Different reading: ‘Kohbai’. Sport: Kōbai-no-zu. Corruption of Japanese name: ‘Kabai’.

» Chinese Description

红梅,こうばい,'Kōbai'Higo),陈丽惠2013年《山茶花谱台湾情》第174页,【花】:红、梅蕊、單瓣、大輪、晩生。【葉】廣橢圓、大型。橫張性。江戶末期1830 年古書即有此品種紀載。

朱國棟、蔡燦玉,2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》,p.152. Kobai红梅(Red Plum)(Higo)肥后茶。1830,日本熊本县。单瓣、平开形、浓洋红色、花瓣56枚、轮蕊、大轮(11cm)、花期23月、树性横张。红梅一杨绍溥,1978,台湾茶花,p.84, No.9.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.294.  保育社 .1974. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 .214. 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.114.   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.91. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.241. 熊本產. [花]明るい紅色、一重、平開咲き、花糸微紅色、梅芯、大輪、3~4月。[葉]広楕円、大形。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]1830年の古文書に記載のある古い品種。写/高橋、文/松本

Flower

Flower Size11-13 cm

Blooming Season2-3 Month Japan

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