Taxon: Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl

Common names:

• camphor   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ) – English
  
• camphortree   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Japanese camphor   (Source: Taxon 43:480. 1994) – English
  
• kanferboom   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• zhang   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• camphre   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  
• camphrier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Campher   (Source: HerbSpices ) – German
  
• Kampferbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• canfora   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Italian
  
• kuso-no-ki   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kusu   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kusuno-ki   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• árvore-da-camphora   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• alcanfor   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Spanish
  
• alcanforero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Materials: essential oils; fiber; wood   (source of "hon-sho oil" fide Pl Res SEAs 19:75. 1999; Dict Econ Pl; HerbSpices; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore; source of camphor   (fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Non-vertebrate poisons: house pest control   (as repellent of moths in clothing fide Pl Res SEAs 19:75. 1999)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Cinnamomum camphora from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu [w.], Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Taiwan

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
  Africa [s.]
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• EUROPE
  Europe [s.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States [s.e.]

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Vietnam

References:

• Ara, H. et al. 2007. An annotated checklist of Lauraceae in Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 14:150.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. (F Himachal)
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSWales)
• Henderson, L. 1995. Plant invaders of southern Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute Handbook No. 5. Agricultural Research Council.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan. (F Taiwan) [lists as C. camphora (L.) Siebold].
• Luna, R. K. 1996. Plantation trees. (Plantation Trees)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
• Newman, M. 1994. (1106) Proposal to reject the name Laurus sumatrensis J. F. Gmel. (Lauraceae). Taxon 43:480. [mentions; lists as C. camphora Nees & Eberm.].
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi) [lists as C. camphora (L.) Siebold].
• Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 19:74–78.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl) 130.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cinnamomum camphora.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cinnamomum camphora. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Laurus camphora L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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