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(First upload on April 11 2010. Last on February 18 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Camellia japonica L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Camellia L. (ツバキ)
Yabutsubaki (ヤブツバキ, 藪椿/藪海柘榴), camellia
Life form: evergreen, short or tall tree (usually 5-6 m in height, occasionally ≈ 20 m)

the largest tree is seen in Himi City, Toyama Prefecture

Distribution: endemic to Japan (Nansei Islands - Honshu)
Habitat: evergreen forest as shade tree
Pollinator: bird, in particular, Zosterops japonicus
Honey and fruit: used by birds
Utilization: oil from the fruit, wood for musical instruments and hammer, gardening, and others
Synonyms:

Thea japonica (L.) H. Baillon

var. decumbens Sugimoto (ユキツバキ)
var. intermedia Tuyama (ユキバタツバキ)
var. macrocarpa Masamune (オオミツバキ/ヤクシマツバキ)
f. leucantha Makino ex H. Hara (シロバナユキツバキ)
and many cultivars (園芸品種)
索引

Camellia japonica in Japan


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[1] at a park near the Tsukuba Station of Tsukuba Express, Ibaragi Prefecture, on March 7 2014. [2] on Mount Misen (弥山, 535 m elevation), Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 16 2014. [3/4] near Takiyama Castle along Seyama Trail in Kobe City, western Japan, on March 16 2019. Discard: At an entrance of a trail on Mount Yatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 5 2013. At a park near the Tsukuba Station of Tsukuba Express, Ibaragi Prefecture, on March 7 2014.

cv. Hikarugenji (光源氏) cv. Aoisangosho (青い珊瑚礁) cv. Black Magic
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[1-3] in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (小石川植物園), the University of Tokyo, on March 16 2017.
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[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.
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[1] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

Camellia rusticana Honda

syn. Camellia japonica L. var. decumbens Sugimoto
Adapted to snow accumulation ⇒ climate (気候)
cv Hatsugari (初刈)

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[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on January 24 2021.

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