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Acer
palmatum
ICNCP Name: 'Shirofu-nishiki'
Formerly 'Shirofu nishiki'
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:
Variegatum Group
Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):
5 to 9
白斑錦, with a kana しろふにしき giving us instructions to write 'Shirofu-nishiki'. 白 may be read as shiro. 白斑, shirofu, is a compound noun meaning Mottled/Speckled White. Therefore the meaning is "Speckled-White Variegate." (Shiro fu nishiki, Esveld; Shiro, DSN) (ED)
Shirofu-nishiki is an upright vase shaped palmatum to about 10'. Small green leaves turn whitish in summer. (White) (DSN, as Shiro)
Date of Origin if known:
1995
Origin if known:
Yano
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