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Kodaihasu, Japanese for "ancient lotus", refers to preserved lotus seeds, perhaps 2500-3000 years old, found in 1971 in the ground at Kemigawa, Chiba prefecture, where they started to grow.

Kodaihasu, Japanese for “ancient lotus”, refers to preserved lotus seeds, perhaps 2500–3000 years old, found in 1971 in the ground at Kemigawa, Chiba prefecture, where they started to grow. (M 36126)