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ICNCP Name: 'Yamanba'
Formerly 'Yamanba'
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
山姥, Yamanba is how both Yano and Nakajima romanize. Other possibilities are Yamamba or Yamauba. Yamanba is listed in Kenkyusha, so it is an ICNCP compliant spelling. It means "Mountain Witch," a compound noun made up of mountain+old woman. Although in Japanese Folklore she is a horrible and filthy hag who eats babies, she is represented in Noh drama as a more benign "fairy of the mountain, which have been under her care ... She decks them with snow in winter, with blossoms in spring..." [Waley, Arthur. The Nō plays of Japan. New York: A. A. Knopf (1922)] (ED) (Yamamba, dvdm)
Date of Origin if known:
1992
Origin if known:
Yano
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