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(First upload on May 10 2019. Last on April 10 2025) [ 日本語 | English ]

Stewartia pseudocamellia Maxim.






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

Stewartia L. (ナツツバキ)
Natsutsubaki (ナツツバキ, 夏椿), Korean stewartia, Japanese stewartia or deciduous camellia
Syaranoki (シャラノキ, 娑羅樹)
Lifeform: deciduous, tall tree ≈ 10-15 m in height
Distribution: southern Korea - Japan (south to Tohoku District)
Habitat: moist forests, often on fertile soils
Bark (樹皮)
Flower: white, φ ≈ 6 cm
Leaf: hair on the underside
Seed: with or without wing
Use: garden tree
var. japonica Maxim., in Japan, flowers open cup-shaped
var. koreana (Nakai ex Rehd.) Sealy. (syn. S. koreana Nakai ex Rehd), in Korea. flowers open flat
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Stewartia pseudocamellia in Japan


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[1/2] on Seyama trail in Kobe, western Japan, on March 16 2019.

Transplantation in Hokkaido

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[1/2] in a small flower garden near JR Kushiro Station, eastern Hokkaido, on June 5 2019. [3-5] in front of a building, N14/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 8 2024.

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