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ICNCP Name: 'Kuro-koma'

Formerly 'Kuro koma'

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: 
Atropurpureum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9
黒駒, Kuro-koma, nmeans "Black Horse." (ED)

This seedling from Nara has a dark, copper-red leaf. The leaves change from dark-brown to red-brown in summer. Fall color is bright red. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1988
Origin if known:

Yano

Information Source:
Nakajima lists that the name was published in 2006

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