Kinkō

Minagawa, 1956, Chinkashū: New variety. Purplish red, with centre of paler pink, formal double. Petals fall separately. Tateyama Nursery Catalogue, 1956. No description. For colour photos and descriptions see: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.124; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.398; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.44, description, p.210: Medium size, crimson, formal double, centre petals somewhat pointed and becoming paler as blossom ages. Leaves broad-ovate, apices blunt acute, deep green, margins serrulate. Originated by Minagawa, Jisuke, in Kantō area, Japan as a seedling of Murasaki-tsubaki. Different reading: ‘Kinkoh’.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.150.

Kinko 金晃(Clear Gold)。（C. japonica)红山茶。1956，日本关东。Murasaki-tsubaki (紫椿）实生种。皆川治助命名发表。完全形、紫红色、花心颜色稍淡、中轮、花期2〜3月、树性横张、长势中等。

金晃—蔡福贵，2005, 世界茶花专辑，p.93. No.216.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.351.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.214.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P105. 関東產. [花]外弁紫紅色，内弁淡紅色、千重咲き、中輪、3～4月。[葉]大型の楕円形、濃緑色で鋸歯は浅く粗大、葉面は平坦　[樹]やや横張り性、強いが花付き悪い。[来歴]昭和31年度、皆川「椿花集」新花の部に載り、「紫内白千重散弁」とある。　文/横山