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ICNCP Name: 'Shikashima'
Formerly 'Shikishima'
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
敷嶋 is an archaic spelling of the the more modern 敷島, an area in Iwanuma, Miyagi. However, it is also an important cultural and peotic word, particularly in Waka poetry, for Japan itself. The literal meaning is, "Spread our Islands." The famous classical phrase 敷島の 大和, Shikashima no Yamoto, means Yamoto -- the ancient and glorious name for Japan -- the land of spread out Islands, or "Yamoto, the land the is Shikashima." (ED)
Date of Origin if known:
1711
Origin if known:
Nakajima
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