King protea (English spelling)

Japanese: King protea(英語表記)Kingprotea
King protea (English spelling)

...Native to South Africa. Protea cynaroides L. (English name: King protea) produces large flower heads that reach a diameter of about 20 cm, as its English name suggests, and the surrounding bracts are beautiful in white, pink, or pink-purple. Protea mellifera Thunb. (English name: sugar-bush) is a shrub that is sometimes used for the nectar that comes from the bracts, and is the national flower of South Africa. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "King protea" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…南アフリカ原産。プロテア・キナロイデスP.cynaroides L.(英名King protea)は英名の示すように大きな直径20cmほどになる頭状花序をつけ,とりまく苞片は白色,桃色,桃紫色などで美しい。プロテア・メリフェラP.mellifera Thunb.(英名sugar‐bush)は,苞片から出るみつが利用されることもある低木で,南アフリカの国花とされている。…

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