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Kubusu-gawa

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Id:ICR-10184

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1968

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia rusticana 'Kubusu-gawa'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:久婦須川 くぶすがわ

Meaning:Kubusu (久婦須) proper noun; gawa (川) a variant of kawa, river. The river name near the place of collection.

Description

» English Description

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.230, p.116, colour photo, p.159, description: Leaves broadly elliptic, apices shortly acuminate, strongly serrate upper half, 6.1-8.2 cm long x 3.2-4.2 cm wide. Flowers thickly double, rosy pink (Carmine 21/3-21/1) - paler to the centre; petals 44-52, emarginate, irregularly waved. Stamens in double circle, mostly changed to petaloids. Flowers early to mid-season. Originated by Mr Keiji Matsui, Yat­suo-machi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

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