Kintai Believed Extinct

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang

Id：ICR-9739

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1859

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Kintai'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

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Nishiki-bukuro Different reading for Kintai.

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» English Description

Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki: Single, mid-season blooming, like Hakkan which is a red flower, with horizontal red stripes, stamens like a bamboo whisk. (In a ring form stamens). Note: Tsubaki Hachiboku Sanboku Tsuki Meisai (before 1868) described this as a whitish coloured flower. See: JCS., 1969, Tsubaki, No.7, p.30 and ibid, 1982, No.21, p.107. Originated in Japan. Different reading: ‘Nishiki-bukuro’. (Believed extinct.)

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