EPPO Global Database

Camellia japonica(CAHJA)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-09-15

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CAHJA
  • Preferred name: Camellia japonica
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

China, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands), Korea. Widely cultivated as an ornamental. State flower of Alabama (USA)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Camellia japonica var. hortensis (Makino) Makino

Common names
Name
Language
shān chá Chinese
山茶 Chinese
kamelie Danish
camelia Dutch
camellia English
Japanese camellia English
camélia du Japon French
japanische Kamelie German
Kamelie German
camelia comune Italian
camellia Italian
tsubaki Japanese
yabu-tsubaki Japanese
ツバキ Japanese
ヤブツバキ Japanese
dong baek na mu Korean
동백나무 Korean
kamelia japońska Polish
cameleira Portuguese
camélia Portuguese
camélia-japonesa Portuguese
japoneira Portuguese
roseira-do-Japão Portuguese
камелия японская Russian
camelia Spanish
camelio común Spanish
kamelia Swedish