ツバキ科　　学名：Camellia japonica var. japonica

藪椿。暖温帯常緑広葉樹林を特徴づける常緑樹であり、足摺岬を代表する樹木です。丸い果実は暖かな南方の生育地ほど大きくなり、足摺のものも大型です。果実の中の種子は椿油の原料になります。冬の足摺岬では遊歩道沿いに赤い椿の花が咲き乱れるトンネルを楽しむことができます。

A flowering evergreen tree that grows in warm broadleaf evergreen forests. Its flower, the camellia, is a symbol of Cape Ashizuri. The globe-shaped fruit is larger on trees found in the south, such as the ones in Cape Ashizuri. Its seeds are used to make camellia seed oil. You can especially enjoy the tunnels created by these trees along the footpaths in Cape Ashizuri when its red flowers bloom in February.