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Japanese: ナンジャモンジャ
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There are known trees named "Nanjamonja trees" all over Japan. These do not refer to a specific species botanically, but are often given to rare tree species whose true identity is unclear in the region, such as camphor trees, katsura trees, Japanese laurel trees, and Japanese laurel trees. The most representative of these is the Japanese laurel tree. This tree is found isolated in Tsushima and the western part of the Chubu region, but trees planted in Tokyo during the Edo period became famous as Nanjamonja.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
日本各地に〈ナンジャモンジャの木〉と名づけられた樹が知られている。それらは植物学的には特定の種を指すものではなく,その地方で正体がはっきりしない珍しい樹種につけられていることが多く,クスノキ,カツラ,バクチノキ,ヒトツバタゴなどがこの名で呼ばれていた。それらのうち代表的なものにヒトツバタゴがある。これは対馬と中部地方西部に隔離的に分布するが,東京に江戸時代に植えられたものが,ナンジャモンジャとして有名になった。

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