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ICNCP Name: 'Sawa-gani'
Formerly 'Sawa gani'
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
澤蟹, Sawa-gani, means "Marsh Crab", or more precisely it is the Japanese Freshwater Crab. Kani, crab, becomes gani because of the rendaku. 澤 = Marsh, is the Kyūjitai, or old character form of this word. 沢, as seen elsewhere, is the Shinjitai, new character or simplified form of the kanji, that was specifically introduced in 1946. (ED)
Date of Origin if known:
1882
Origin if known:
Vertrees/Nakajima
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