Acer crataegifolium 'Ryokka meuri'

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Acer

crataegifolium

ICNCP Name: 'Ryokka-meuri'

Formerly 'Ryokka meuri'

The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) establishes the rules and regulations for proper naming of plants. When different, the cultivar database displays the correct(ed) ICNCP name, rather than its previous cultivar name.

Japanese Maple Classification:

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

6a to 8b

緑花雌瓜, Ryokka-meuri, means "Green-Flowered A. crataegifolium", (lit. Female Melon, one of the Japanese common names for this maple.) The first word is formed of Ryoku + ka, both on'yomi (Sino-Japanese) readings of the more familiar kun'yomi, native Japanese, readings "midori" and "hana." Phonetically, the 'u' in ryoku is dropped or absorbed, (elided), and the k germinated to form a single word with a double 'k' 促音, sokuon), leaving us with a single compound word Ryokka, from 緑花. 雌瓜, = mesu+ri, becomes meuri, one of the common names for this maples. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

Nakajima

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