What Is The Scientific Name Of Tsubaki? (ANSWER)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF TSUBAKI – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the scientific name of tsubaki.
Also known as common camellia or Japanese camellia, it is a flower of the tea family Theaceae.
It is also known as rose of winter and is the official state flower of Alabama. The flower is found in the wilds of mainland China Taiwan, southern Korea and southern Japan.
Its leaves is rich in several anti-inflammatory terpenoids such as lupeol and squalene, among others.
It is a a flowering tree or shrub which is usually 1.5 to 6 metres or 4.9 to 19.7 feet tall. It flowers between January and March.
Answer
The binomial name of Tsubaki is Camellia japonica.
Camellia a genus of flowering plants in the tea family Theaceae. The genus is named after Jesuit priest and botanist named Georg Kamel.
The specific name japonica is a New Latin term which is a feminine form of Japonicus which means Japanese. Carl linnaeus gave the specific name in 1753 because Engelbert Kaempfer was the first to give a description of the plant while in Japan.
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