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ICNCP Name: 'Kara-ori'
Formerly 'Kara ori'
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:
Marginatum Group
Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):
5 to 9
唐織, Kara-ori, means Chinese Weaving, but is actually a highly prized form of elaborate Japanese weaving, creating a thick and sometimes glossy brocaded (hence the nishiki synonym) fabric used in Noh Theatre comstumes. It is considered a significant textile art form. Note thet MOW has the synonym reversed, according to Nakajima. (ED)
Kara ori is a small growing bushy upright in the Marginatum Group. It is from the Edo era, present on a list from 1732. Variegation is orange fading to cream and mostly restricted to the leaf margins. Fall color is yellow and crimson. (DSN, as Kara ori nishiki)
Date of Origin if known:
1732
Origin if known:
Vertrees/MOW/Nakajima
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