Tōkadō

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.176 with colour photo; English translation p.122. Small, white, cup-shaped single, thick and round petals, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size. Upright growth. Selected from wild japonicas growing in Chita District. Collected and released by Hikaru Sakakibara in 1990. From Aichi Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.177.  【花】白色の一重、抱え咲き、肉厚、 丸弁、筒しベ、小輪、2〜4月。【葉】 楕円、中形。【樹】立性。【来歴】知 多地方の野生ヤブツバキから選抜。 1990年に榊原光の採集•命名。写• 文/大伴。