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Mononofu-tsubaki-Denkōji

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1968

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Mononofu-tsubaki-Denkōji'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:武士椿 もののふつばき

Meaning:Warrior camellia

Synonym

Denkōji-chiri-tsubaki  (Denkō Temple Scattering Camellia), (C.japonica), Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.426, p.177 & 355: Vivid pink formal double of large size, 9 cm across with about 50 rounded petals. Leaves, large, wide-elliptic, dark green, blunt-acuminate, defined venation, small, shallow serrations. Originated in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The original old tree at the Denkō Temple in Nara-shi has died recently. A synonym for Mononofu-tsubaki­ Denkōji.Different reading: ‘Bushitsubaki’.

Mononofu-tsubaki  Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.426, p.177.Different readings: ‘Monofu-tsubaki’, ‘Bushi-tsubaki’. Synonym for ‘Denkōji-chiri-tsubaki’, itself a synonym for Mononofu-tsubaki-Denkōji

Mononohu-tsubaki-Denkōji  Watanabe, 1970, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.10, p.146.Different reading for Mononofu-tsubaki-Denkōji.

Description

» English Description

Tuyama, 1968, Camel­lias of Japan, pl.263, p.133, description, p.171: Leaves elliptic, acute, margins minutely, crenate­serrulate. Flowers, complete formal double, deep rose (Crimson 22/1) 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.17, p.6; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.150 as ‘Mononofu tsubaki’.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.355.  保育社 .1974. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 .213. 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.226.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.262. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》 p.133. 奈良. []紅色、千重、散り性、中~大輪、34月。[]楕円~広楕円、中形、[]横張り性、叢生、強い。[来歴]伝香寺に原木があったが、40年前に枯死、現在は他の品種が植えられている。武士椿は奈良三銘椿の一つと言われていた。写/桐野、文/樽本

Flower

Flower Size10-13 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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