Taxon: Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl

Common names:

• camphor   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ) – English
  
• camphor-laurel   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• camphortree   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Japanese camphor   (Source: Taxon 43:480. 1994) – English
  
• Japanese camphortree   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – 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
  
• kusu   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kusu-no-ki   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• nognamu   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:90.) – Transcribed Korean
  
• árvore-da-camphora   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• alcanfor   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Spanish
  
• alcanforero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• kamferträd   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Materials: essential oils   (source of "hon-sho oil" fide Pl Res SEAs 19:75. 1999)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide Pl Res SEAs 19:75. 1999)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Pl Res SEAs 19:75. 1999)
  
• Medicines: 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

Distributional range:

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

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Southern Africa: South Africa
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• EUROPE
  Europe [s.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]

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

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• 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.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
• 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.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan. [lists as C. camphora (L.) Siebold].
• Luna, R. K. 1996. Plantation trees.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.
• 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.). [lists as C. camphora (L.) Siebold].
• Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 19:74–78.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 130.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cinnamomum camphora.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cinnamomum camphora.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cinnamomum camphora.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Laurus camphora L. (basionym)
  

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

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• 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.

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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