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Acer
palmatum
ICNCP Name: 'Yama-gatsu'
Formerly 'Yama gatsu'
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
山賎, Yama-gatsu, is a name best seen through a historical lens. 賎, katsu (becomes gatsu through the rendaku voicing change) is not a very nice word. It means "low, mean, poor." It forms compound words including "base job" and "prostitute." At best, the translation would be "Humble Mountain Folk," but it could only have been a pejorative term in 1782. We wouldn't name a maple this way now. (ED)
Date of Origin if known:
1782
Origin if known:
Nakajima
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