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ICNCP Name: 'Yama-kake'

Formerly 'Yama kake'

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
山かけ, Yama-kake, is all we have for this name. Without a kanji determining the "correct" translation is impossible, but we can guess it to mean "Waning of the Moon in the Mountains", more poetic than "Mountain Chicken." (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1782
Origin if known:

Nakajima

Information Source:

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