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Acer
palmatum
ICNCP Name: 'Shika-momiji'
Formerly 'Shika momiji'
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
鹿紅葉, Shika-momiji, means "A deer among the Autumn Leaves." Shika is the kun'yomi, Native Japanese reading for Deer, which we see elsewhere with the on'yomi reading of "roku." Although "momiji" means "Japanese Maple", the direct translation is "Autumn Leaves" or "Autumn Colors." (ED)
Date of Origin if known:
1704
Origin if known:
Vertrees/Nakajima
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