21-leaf Clover Sets Record

Posted by Miss Cellania in World Records on June 11, 2008 at 6:06 am



Shigeo Obara, a farmer in Japan’s Iwate prefecture discovered a clover last week with an amazing 21 leaves! The current world record is an 18-leaf clover, which Obara himself grew in 2002.

Obara, a former food crop researcher, has been conducting independent research on clovers in his garden for over 50 years. He first became interested in clover mutations after discovering an unusual patch of 4-leaf clovers in 1951. Since then, Obara has been crossbreeding the plants in his garden to research the genes associated with leaf count, color, pattern and size.

Obara plans to file a new application with Guinness, although he is considering waiting a while. “We are likely to find clovers with more leaves,” he says. Last month, a family member claimed to have found a 27-leaf clover, but the discovery was not confirmed.

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11 comments to "21-leaf Clover Sets Record"

  1. MoonCake
    June 11th, 2008 at 6:10 am

    i guess it counts if you cross-breed.. does it? is it really considered a true clover if it has other plant genes mixed with it?

  2. jmp478
    June 11th, 2008 at 6:55 am

    I don’t think they cross bred it other plants. They found clovers with mutations and cross bred it with other clovers with extra leaves.

    If I remember biology, extra leaves in a clover is a recessive trait. Dominant traits such as normal leaves well affect the plant more than the extra leaves trait. If you breed two plants with extra leaves, the trait stays with the offspring so it also has extra leaves. Keep doing this, and eventually you will get a plant with a lot of leaves.

  3. RedSalesperson
    June 11th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Dang! Not only is it a multi-leaf clover, it has prime factors of three and seven, the luckiest numbers.

    Shigeo Obara should, if anything, live in fear of the millions of pounds of winning lottery tickets soon to fall from the sky.

  4. Aramax
    June 11th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    “Last month, a family member claimed to have found a 27-leaf clover, but the discovery was not confirmed.”

    Not confirmed because that family member ate the 27-leaf clover.

  5. CheeseDuck
    June 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    So there are 4+ leaved clovers! I wonder how lucky they are…

  6. Ally
    June 11th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    My two cents would be: RADIOACTIVE SOIL

  7. DOJ
    June 11th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    for safe keeping, Fry recommends the Breakfast Club soundtrack

  8. grcooper
    June 11th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    So… does this mean it is extra EXTRA lucky??

  9. Tom Clix
    June 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    Okay, but seriously now, what the hell goes on in Japan?

  10. Thomas
    June 13th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Must be grown in whatever Godzilla eats.

  11. james the punisher
    October 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    how polluted could the ground be.

    p.s i would like to see more pictures.


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