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Cherry blossoms spread from China to Japan?

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According to literature research, cherry blossoms were planted in the court of China during the Qin and Han Dynasties more than two thousand years ago. Cherry blossoms have generally appeared in private courtyards in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, all countries came to Korea, and Japanese pilgrims brought cherry blossoms back to Japan. Cherry blossoms have been in Japan for more than 1000 years. Cherry blossoms symbolize enthusiasm, purity and nobility. Known as the national flower of Japan.

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Sakura (scientific name: Sakura. ): It is the general name of several plants of the genus Sakura in Rosaceae.

Cherry blossoms are trees, with a height of 4- 16 meters and gray bark. Branchlets are purplish brown, glabrous, shoots are green and sparsely pilose. Winter buds are oval and hairless.

Leaf blade elliptic or obovate, 5-12cm long and 2.5-7cm wide, with sharp apex or tail tip, round base, thin wedge shape, sharp double serrations at the edge, sharp teeth with small glands, dark green at the top, hairless, light green at the bottom, pilose along veins, and 7- 10 pairs of lateral veins; Petiole is 1.3- 1.5 cm long, densely pilose, with 1-2 glands or sometimes no glands at the top; Stipules lanceolate, with pinnate glandular teeth, pilose, caducous.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Sakura