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Kakuju

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Id:ICR-9211

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1978

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Kakuju'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:鶴寿 かくじゆ

Meaning

Synonym

Daifukkō  Sebundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.206.Different reading for ‘Daifuku-beni; syn­onym for Kakuju. This is a local name in Toyama Prefecture.

Daifuku-beni  Synonym for Kakuju.

Kakujyu  Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.32.Different reading for Kakuju.

Description

» English Description

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.260, p.115, description, p.237: Large, campanulate, crimson single, 8 cm across with golden anthers and pinkish filaments in a compact stamen cylinder. Early flowering. Leaves, elliptic, 11 cm long, mid-green, serrate, apex acuminate. See Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.32, 206; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka p.211, colour photo and description. Originated in Toyama, Japan. Different reading: ‘Kakujyu’. Local synonym: ‘Daifukkō’. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.56 with colour photo; English translation p.37. A natural seedling of Seiōbo. Found by Hideo Hori in 1980s, named and released by Zenji Kamo.

» Japanese Description

 淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..211.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.56. 【花】鮮紅色の一重、椀咲き、筒しベ、 中輪、10〜4月。【葉】楕円、大形、 中折れ、肉厚。【樹】立性、強い。【来 歴】西王母の自然実生。1980年代に 堀秀夫の発見、加茂善治の命名•発表。写•文/牧野


Flower

Flower Size8-10 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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