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Tama-no-o Believed Extinct

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-19076

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1699

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Tama-no-o'

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Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969, pl.708: White, single with 6-7 waved petals; opening flat, stamens in a central column, greenish-blue fila­ments. Originated in Japan. Different reading: ‘Tama-o’. See: Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1964, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.5, p.157. Note: This is a poetic term for “life”; literally, a thread to lace up jewelled beads.(Believed extinct.)

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