Sakon-jiro

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.110 with colour photo; English translation p.75. Small, white, tubular single with thick petals and cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size, recurved. Upright, vigorous growth. Selected from wild camellias growing in Mure town. Discovered and named by Saneichi Ogawa, released by the Kagawa Branch of the JCS in 1997. From Kagawa Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.110. 【花】白色の一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、肉厚、小輪、11〜4月。【葉】楕円、中形、外曲。【樹】 立性、強い。【来歴】牟礼町内のヤブツバキの選抜種（松平左近遺愛の椿)。発見• 命名は小山実一、1997年に香川支部の発表。写/今雪哲、文/今雪史。