Camellia sasanqua、サザンカ

 In late autumn, this flower, Sasanqua, begins to bloom everywhere. Especially, many are planted as a planting tree on the border of one's residence.

The flowering of this flower here begins in early autumn and ends in mid-winter. Also, at this time of year, Japanese White-eyes gather in this flower in search of the nectar of this flower.

According to Wikipedia the history of Sasanqua in Japan is not clear, but the summary of the description on the NET is as follows.

Sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua, scientific name: Camellia sasanqua) is an evergreen broad-leaved tree of the genus Camellia of the Theaceae family and is also a tree in the city of Kobe, Japan.

In Japan, Sasanqua varieties began to appear at the beginning of the Edo period. The first record of cultivars of this plant was made by Ihei Ito (1695–1733).

The Chinese character for Sazanka is derived from Sasanqua, which refers to camellias in general in Chinese, and the name of Sasanqua is said to have been derived from the original reading of" Sanzaka Originally We said "Sanzaka", but the current reading with metathesis has taken root.

Camellia Sasanqua was unknown to Western society until 1820 when Captain Richard Rowes of the East Indian Warren Hastings introduced the Camellia Sasanqua variant.

It is currently being introduced in Australia and the United States.