Karasumaru

Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.98 colour photo: Small, deep red, campanulate single with 5-6 petals and a central, column of stamens, inclined to be pinched in at the top, pale yellow anthers, white filaments. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic, shining, bright green, apex acuminate, margins shallowly serrate. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.65 with colour photo; English translation p.43. The original tree is growing in the garden of Saichi Miyazaki in Inazawa City, Japan. Named and released by Minoru Satō in 1973.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.65. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.76. 愛知產. [花]暗紅色、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、2～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]原木は稲沢市の宮崎佐一郎宅にあり、1973年に佐藤稔の命名.発表。写.文/佐藤