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ICNCP Name: 'Tsukuma-no'

Formerly 'Tsukuma no'

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: 
Atropurpureum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9
筑摩野, Tsukuma-no means "Tsukuma Plains", referring to what is now known phonetically (but with the same spelling) as Tsukama, Matsumoto, Nagano. The difference in the romanization probably comes from a slight change in pronunciation over the last 150-ish years. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1882
Origin if known:
Sekihin Binran

Yano

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