Acer sieboldianum ICNCP Name: 'Ōri-san'

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Acer

sieboldianum

ICNCP Name: 'Ōri-san'

Formerly 'Ori san'

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):

4 to 9

男鬼山, with a Hiragana reading of おうりさん is therefore Ōri-san, meaning "Ogre Man Mountain." It is a hiking area in Shiba, where the seedling was found. The meaning of the name is obscure. The Oni 鬼 are powerful spirits, sometimes protectors and sometimes malevolent, assciated with mountains or wildernesses. This "Male Oni" might be from a local legend, or even a rock formation. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1991

Origin if known:

Yano

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