Camphora officinarum

Camphora officinarum
	An ancient camphor tree (estimated to be over 1,000 years old) in Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Camphora
Species:	C. officinarum
Binomial name
	Camphora officinarum; Nees
Synonyms
	Laurus camphora L.; Persea camphora (L.) Spreng.; Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl.; Camphora officinalis Steud.; Camphora camphora (L.) H. karst.;

Camphora officinarum is a species of evergreen tree indigenous to warm temperate to subtropical regions of East Asia, including countries such as China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. It is known by various names, most notably the camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Camphor - The Wood Database
^ Yang, Zhi; Liu, Bing; Yang, Yong; Ferguson, David K. (2022). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae)". Ecology and Evolution. 12 (10): e9378. Bibcode:2022EcoEv..12E9378Y. doi:10.1002/ece3.9378. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 9526118. PMID 36203627.
^ CABI (2022-01-07). Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel) (Report). doi:10.1079/cabicompendium.13519.

[1] Camphor - The Wood Database

[2] Yang, Zhi; Liu, Bing; Yang, Yong; Ferguson, David K. (2022). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae)". Ecology and Evolution. 12 (10): e9378. Bibcode:2022EcoEv..12E9378Y. doi:10.1002/ece3.9378. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 9526118. PMID 36203627.

[3] CABI (2022-01-07). Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel) (Report). doi:10.1079/cabicompendium.13519.

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Camphora officinarum

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