Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lauraceae
  • Basionym : Laurus camphora L.
  • Synonym(s) : Camphora camphora (L.) H.Karst.; Camphorina camphora (L.) Farw.; Laurus camphora L.; Persea camphora (L.) Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Camphora officinarum Boerh. ex Fabr.
  • Common name : Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kapur (Hindi)
    • Karpura (Kannada)
    • Lavangam (Tamil)
    • Karpurah (Sanskrit)
    • Karpuram (Telugu)
    • Chudakarppuram, Ghanarasam, Himasu, Himavaluka, Karpuramaram, Sitamsu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Planted in gardens
  • Comments / notes : Often planted, sometimes seen in the border of forests in high elevations
  • Key identification features : Small or medium sized trees with spreading crown; bark black; Leaves aromatic, elliptic or elliptic-Ianceolate, glaucous beneath, often with punctate glands; Flowers in axillary panicles, yellowish, fragrant; Fruits subglobose, black.
  • Flower, Fruit : October- April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 333
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cinnamomum camphora. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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