Kimjongilia
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Kimjongilia is a flower named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. It is a hybrid cultivar of tuberous begonia, registered as Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Kimjongilhwa'. When Kim Jong Il died in December 2011, the flower was used to adorn his body for public display. Despite its name, the Kimjongilia is not the official national flower of North Korea, which is the Magnolia sieboldii. Another flower, Kimilsungia, is an orchid cultivar named after Kim Jong Il's father and predecessor, Kim Il Sung.
Key facts
- Cultivar.name
- Begonia 'Kimjongilhwa'
- Cultivar.image
- Laika ac Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Exhibition House (7984388458).jpg
- Cultivar.genus
- Begonia
- Cultivar.group
- Tuberhybrida Group
- Cultivar.cultivar
- 'Kimjongilhwa'
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- %김정일%화
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 金正日花
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultivar
- Parent taxon
- Begonia × tuberhybrida
- Named after
- Kim Jong-il
- Image
- Laika ac Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Exhibition House (7984388458).jpg
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- Kimjongilia
- taxon name
- Begonia × tuberhybrida ‘Kimjongilia’
- taxon rank
- cultivar
- Revised Romanization
- Gimjeongilhwa
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Kimjŏngirhwa
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Kimjongilia is a flower named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. It is a hybrid cultivar of tuberous begonia, registered as Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Kimjongilhwa'. When Kim Jong Il died in December 2011, the flower was used to adorn his body for public display. Despite its name, the Kimjongilia is not the official national flower of North Korea, which is the Magnolia sieboldii. Another flower, Kimilsungia, is an orchid cultivar named after Kim Jong Il's father and predecessor, Kim Il Sung.
==History== To commemorate Kim Jong Il's 46th birthday in 1988, Japanese botanist Kamo Mototeru cultivated a new perennial begonia named "kimjongilia" (literally, "flower of Kim Jong Il"), representing the Juche revolutionary cause of the Dear Leader. It was presented as a "token of friendship between Korea and Japan". The flower symbolizes wisdom, love, justice and peace. It is designed to bloom every year on Kim Jong Il's birthday, February 16.
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