Shōdo-koku

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, p.366: Small, purple red, single, opening narrow campanulate, 5-7 petals, outer densely tomentose on reverse. Stamens in central cyclinder. Leaves small size, medium green, long-elliptic, apex acuminate, margins serrate, waved, thick. New growth black-red. Selected from a wild japonica community on Shōdo Island, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hasechika Imoto in 1972. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.221.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.366.　　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.129. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.92. 香川產. [花]暗紅色，一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、肉厚、小輪、2～4月。[葉] 長楕円、小形、やや波曲。[樹]立性、弱い。[来歴]小豆島の野生ヤプツバキ群中より選抜、1972年に井元長谷親の命名.発表。写.文/今雪哲