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ICNCP Name: 'Kashiwa-mori'

Formerly 'Kashiwa mori'

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):

5 to 9
柏森, Kashiwa-mori, lit. "Kashiwa woodlands, Kashiwa Grove", probably refers to the woodlands of Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, where we may imagine the maple was selected. Another possibility is the actual place of 柏森 Kashiwa-mori, famous for the oaks used in oak rice cakes. The first option seems more fitting for a maple epithet, however. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

Nakajima

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