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Shiro-suminokura

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1847

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Shiro-suminokura'

Chinese Name:白角仓

Japanese Name:白角倉 しろすみのくら

Meaning:Suminokura's white

Synonym

Hakagura  Vanderbilt, 1940, Camellia Research, p.4.Different reading ‘Shirogura’, synonym for Shiro-suminokura.

Shirasumi  Nippon Engei Kaisha Catalogue, 1904, p.9; Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, p.124; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, p.353: Synonym for Shiro-suminokura.Different readings: ‘Shirosumi’, ‘Shirozumi’. Local name in Kansai area.

Shirosumi  Boten-en Nursery Catalogue, 1955.Different reading for ‘Shirasumi’ as synonym for Shiro-suminokura.

Shirosumikura  Satomi, 1956, Camellia Varieties of Japan, p.12.Different reading for Shiro-suminokura.

Shiro-Suminikura  Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.221. Corruption of the Japanese name Shiro-suminokura.

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Description

» English Description

Nakayama, 1851, Senka’ō-den, 1st ser., vol.5 as ‘Shiro-suminokura-tsubaki’; Nihon Shokubutsu Kaisha Co. Catalogue, 1912-1913, p.27 as ‘Shiro-sumi-no-kura’; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, p.54, p.27, description p.101 as Shiro-­suminokura: Formal double white. Leaves broadly elliptic, rounded base, apex cuspidate, impressed venation. Petals small, numerous, convexed inner surface, but outer eventually reflexed leaving a small bud centre. Originated in Kansai area, Japan. See: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.72, p.124; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.414 & p.353; Katei Gahō, ed., 1984, Chabana Koyomi, vol.I, Tsubaki, p.47; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.77, 222; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.387, color photo. Syn­onym: ‘Shirasumi’. Corruption: ‘Shiro-Suminikura’. See: Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1963, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.4, p.79. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.134 with colour photo; English translation p.91. Description and photo are of a semi-double flower with a central group of anthers.

» Japanese Description

  講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.353. 保育社 .1974. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 p.211. 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.145.     淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..387.    ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.77、文/p.222.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.134. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.44. 関西產. [花]白、千重、中~大輪、3~4月。[葉]長精円~楕円、中形、。[葉]縁外曲。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]角倉は桃山期の京都の豪商名、1847年の「剪花翁伝」に記載、関西の古花。写/桐野、文/樽本

Flower

Flower Size10-13 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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