Okera

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  • Scientific name: Atractylis ovata
  • Alternate name: Wokera
  • Japanese: をけら

This plant, noted in the Harima no Kuni Fudoki, was offered to the Imperial Court. It is also noted as growing in the Ihibo Woka region of Harima, among countless other regions[1].

Notes

  1. Michiko Aoki, Records of Wind and Earth, page 201

Links

Atractylis ovata

Atractylis ovata in China

Atractylis ovata

Okera in Japanese festivals

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