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Sasanaki (japonica)

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Id:ICR-17021

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1978

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Sasanaki (japonica)'

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Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1978, Garden Life, Mar., pp.68, 74; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.14, colour photo and description: Very small size, white, campanulate single with 5 broad, rounded, embracing petals and a broad stamen cylin­der with pale creamy filaments, joined for the lower half, and deep yellow anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves shining mid-green, elliptic, apices tapering-acuminate, margins shallowly and obscurely serrate. Originated in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. This variety bears large fruits and is supposed to be a progeny of ‘Ringo-tsubaki’ (Apple Camellia). Discovered by Saburō Kumazawa in 1975, named by Eiko Kumazawa.

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