Small, nodding or drooping, broadly bell-shaped, citrus-scented flowers. Outside purple at base shading through pale purple to greenish white at margins and tips, inside greenish white sometimes flushed purplish pink. Filaments greenish creamy yellow; anthers creamy yellow. Leaves brownish when young. Fruit-heads persistent. Named after one of the characters in the tale of Genji (Genji monogatari, a very old Japanese novel), but also the name for moonflower (Ipomoea alba) or for bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria).

Group:	?Viorna group
Fragrant:	Yes
Approximate height:  The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 metres
Flowering period(s):  Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Kazushige Ozawa
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	f1999 s2000 ni2007
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 3.5cm Tepals: 4; 4cm long, 2cm wide, thick and fleshy, long-pointed, tips slightly recurved, margins irregularly wavy, touching towards base Leaves: pinnate