Mitsuhime

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.146, colour photo, p.250, description: Small, white, single, opening ball shaped with a solid, central stamen column. Leaves, broad-elliptic , glossy, dark green, prominent venation, apex, blunt acute, round base, shallow, obscure serrations. Blooms mid-season. See colour photo, p.15, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. Originated in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Discovered by Mamoru Oda in 1975, named and released by Saburō Kumazawa.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.15　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.250.    日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.19. 長崎產. [花]白、一重、抱え咲き、筒しベ、小輪、2～3月。[葉]卵状楕円～広楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]平戸市民家の栽培のものから、1975年に小田護の選抜、熊沢三郎の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/吉岡