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Kuro-tsubaki

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Year Published/Registered1829

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Kuro-tsubaki'

Chinese Name:黑椿

Japanese Name:黒椿 くろつばき

Meaning:Black Camellia

Synonym

Black Camellia  Threkeld & Anthony, 1957, American Camellia Yearbook, p.164. Synonym for Kuro-­tsubaki. Also used as a group name for the very dark red camellias from ōshima, Japan.

Heichun  Gao, Jiyin, 2007, The Identification....Outstanding Camellias, p.428; Chinese synonym for the Japan C.japonica Kuro-tsubaki.

Iodina  Satomi, 1958, Nomenclature List of Sasanqua of Japan, as C.iodina for Kuro-tsubaki. Not acceptable by current botanical classification.

Karu-tsubaki  Short, 1955, American Camellia Yearbook, p.44. Corruption of the Japanese name Kuro-tsubaki.

Koku-tsubaki  Mizuno, 1829, Sōmoku Kinyōshū, as synonym for Kuro-tsubaki. See: Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1970, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.10, p.139.

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Description

» English Description

Mizumo, 1829, Sōmoku Kinyōshū in the section for unusual leaves. Double as for the red ‘Irokuroki’ like the ‘Mokurenbana’, meaning dark red flower. Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; Tokyo Nursery Catalogue, 1896 and the Nihon Shokubutsu Kaisha Ltd. Nursery catalogue, 1912-1913: “Black-red with a purple shade” and Chūgai Nursery Catalogue, 1934-1935 describes it as a “brilliant, black, double flower”. For modern colour photos see: Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. colour pl.; Adachi, 1960, Camellia, Its Appreciation and Artistic..., p.198; Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.132; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.274; Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.2: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1973, pl.155; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.48; Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.98. Leaves dull green, lanceolate elliptic to elliptic, finely serrate, petioles glabrous, nigrescent, buds nigrescent. Flowers semi-double to open peony with narrow petals and irregular stamens, dark red. (Cur­rant red 821/1). Flowers late season. Young shoots and roots show dark purplish colour. Syn­onyms: ‘Black Prince’, ‘Black Jap’, ‘Purpurea’, ‘Old Port’, ‘Black Camellia’. Originated in Kantō area, Japan. Corruption of the Japanese name: ‘Kuru-subaki’, ‘Kuto-tsubaki’ ‘Kuro-subaki’, ‘Kuru Tsubaki’. Chinese synonym ‘Heichun’.

» Chinese Description

黑椿,くろつばき'Kuro-tsubaki'C. japonica),陈丽惠2013年《山茶花谱台湾情》第182页,【花】:黑红、半重瓣松笠型、小~中輪、中生。【葉】長橢圓、小型。橫張性、生長緩慢。1829年「草木錦葉集」記載。

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪,2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》,第131页。日本江户。花黑红色,略有蜡质感,半重瓣型,小到中型花,花瓣宽圆,排列松散,略内扣,花心雄蕊筒状,花丝红色,花药金黄色,花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色,椭圆形,光亮,叶齿细,植株开张,嫩枝黑红色,生长旺盛。花期中至晚。

朱國棟、蔡燦玉,2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》,p.156.

Kuro-tsubaki 黑椿(BlackCamellia)(C. japonica)红山茶。1829,日本关东。半重瓣、黑紫红色、花瓣边缘灰紫色、小轮(56 x 3cm)、花期34月,小型叶、长椭圆形,边缘泛暗紫色。树性横张、生长迟缓。别名:Black CamelliaMoseliuhai (墨色权海)、Purpurea

黑椿一杨绍溥,1978,台湾茶花,p.67. No.68.

黄金黑椿一陈念舟,1987,杜鹃谷花园目录p.5. No.72.黑红、双套、中、中晚、直立。

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.314. 保育社 .1974《つばき》安藤芳顕著 p.213. 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.109.   淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》.p320.   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.83.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.120. 江戸產. [花]暗紅色、松笠状の抱え咲き、重ねの薄い八重、光沢弁、小~中輪、4~5月。[葉]長楕円、小形、暗紫色のぼかし。[樹]横張り性、伸びは遅い。[来歴]1829年に「草木錦葉集」に載る。写/篠田、文/編集委員会

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Flower Size5-6 cm

Blooming Season3-4 Month Japan

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