Camellia japonica

Camellia ‘Fuiri-funatsu’

Japan winter flowers

  • Camellia japonica
  • Camellia japonica
  • Flower name
    Camellia japonica
  • Scientific name
    Camellia ‘Fuiri-funatsu’
  • AliasCamellia, ヤブツバキ, ツバキ, フイリフナツ
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens, Cemetery & Temple, Park, Horticultural species, Streets, Planting
  • Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March, April
  • Language of flowersThe virtue of humility, white flower'purity,ask for forgiveness'

What is Camellia japonica

Camellia japonica or Tsubaki (scientific name: Camellia japonica) is theaceae evergreen tree native to Japan. Flowers are grown from the Edo period in many horticultural varieties. Flowers from the neck down and is ominous and didn't shy away from the samurai in the Edo period. Combs, burnt wood charcoal on the fruit, camellia oil. Similar to the Department of genus Camellia sasanqua and flower and tree body, which is difficult to simple distinguishing between the two is seeing on the ground hanabira (petals). Camellia to bloom as a beheading, is the sasanqua petals 1 one fall and fall flowers.

please refer to 'Feature Camellia' and 'the camellia garden "Tsubaki - db.net" '(Japanese only) together.

Common name: Camellia japonica or Tsubaki, scientific name:Camellia japonica, also known as: Camellia, origin: Japan, living type: evergreen trees, plant height: 5 to 10 m, flowering: December to April, flower size: 5 to 8 cm, color: red, white, peach, red blur of vitiligo with white rims and enjoying.


  • Order
    Ericales
  • Family
    Theaceae
  • Genus
    Camellia
  • Species
    C. japonica
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Rose-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Inverted ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeEvergreen surub and tree
  • Flower colorsPink White Other
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height500.0 ~ 1000.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.0 ~ 15.0 cm

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