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ICNCP Name: 'Shichi-go-ni'

Formerly 'Shichi goni'

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
七五二, Shichi-go-ni, literally translates (an all on'yomi, Sino-Japanese reading) as Seven-Five-Two, celebrating 752 CE. That year saw the Eye-Opening ceremony of the Great Buddha at the Tōdai-ji in Nara, and marked the zenith of the Tenpyō Period. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1894
Origin if known:

Nakajima

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