| Family |
Lauraceae |
| Scientific name |
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl |
| Synonyms |
Camphora camphora (L.) H. Karsten; Camphora officinarum T. Nees ex Wallich;
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) T. Nees & C. H. Ebermaier; Cinnamomum camphora
(L.) T. Nees & C. H. Ebermaier var. glaucescens (Braun) Meisner; Cinnamomum
camphora (L.) T. Nees & C. H. Ebermaier var. nominale Hayata ex Matsumura
& Hayata; Cinnamomum camphoroides Hayata; Cinnamomum nominale (Hayata)
Hayata; Cinnamomum simondii Lecomte; Cinnamomum taquetii H. Léveillé; Laurus
camphora L.; Persea camphora (L.) Sprengel; Persea camphora (L.) Kaempfer |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kusu-no-ki [medicine tree] |
| (English common name) camphor, camphortree, Japanese camphor |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=24 |
| Description |
Plants 20-50m tall. Leaves 5-12cm long. Flowers pale yellow ca. 5mm, flowering
in May to June. Evergreen. Arbor trees. |
| Reference |
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl |
| Cinnamomum camphora (Linnaeus) J. Presl |
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