Acer tenuifolium ICNCP Name: 'Sode-gakure'

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Acer

tenuifolium

ICNCP Name: 'Sode-gakure'

Formerly 'Sode-gakure'

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

袖隠れ, Sode-gakure, means "The Sleeve Covering." The covering of a Kimono (or other traditional garment) was used to express modesty, for example, covering one's mouth while laughing. Perhaps this was an unflamboyant maple. Kakure. covering, becomes gakure through the standard rendaku. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

Nakajima

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