Camphor Laurel
By Lou Paun
Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum Camphora) - That this beautiful sub-tropical evergreen tree is hardier than often supposed is proved by Mrs Dugmore, of Parkstone, Dorset, ...
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Camphorweed originally grew only in southeastern United States, but it has been spreading to the north, and it reached Connecticut in the 20th century.
Camphor tree can be found throughout Florida, Georgia, and western Texas. Habitats conducive for camphor tree establishment are dry, disturbed areas, such as roadsides. Camphor tree will also invade natural areas.
camphortree Lauraceae Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl symbol: CICA
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Camphor tree leaves are distinctively fragrant when crushed and ripe berries that are consumed by some bird species.
Description ...
Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel sin-a-MO-mum kam-FOR-a
Evergreen tree, fast growing, 40-60(100) ft tall and wide (12 × 18 m [30 m]), rounded shape, then wide spreading. Leaves simple, alternate, oval, oval-lanceolate to obovate, 7.5-10 cm long, 4-7.
Camphor laurel
Cinnamomum camphora
Scientific Name
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Nees & Eberm.
Camphor Basil, African Basil, Camphor-Scented Basil, Hoary Basil, Kilimanjaro Basil, Perennial Basil
Common Names in French:
Basilic Camphré, Basilic Camphre, Basilic Du Mont Kilimanjaro ...
Nepal Camphor Tree
Scientific Name: Cinnamomum glanduliferum (Wallich) Nees
Synonym: Laurus glanduliferus
Family: Lauraceae ...
CAMPHOR TREE
Cinnamomum camphora
General Notes
Provide good drainage in clay soil. Smog tolerant. Has Fragrant Flower and Leaf. SelecTree lists 1 cultivar of camphora: 'monum' ...
Camphor of Thyme was noticed first by Neumann, apothecary to the Court at Berlin in 1725.
Woolly Camphor-Weed
Prenanthes brunoniana
Cicerbita brunoniana, Lactuca brunoniana, Prenanthes hispidula ...
Cinnamomum camphora
Family: Lauraceae
Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel
Origin: China, Japan ...
Eucalyptus camphora (Mountain Swamp Gum)
17 (29)m, Mountain Swamp Gum is native of southeastern Australia. It is a large tree for any poor, loamy soil and summer drought. Short, broad, reddish leaves, and gray to brown, smooth bark.
Cinnamomum camphora. Camphor Tree. Lovely in Bermuda, with a round-headed shape and medium green leaves that when new are red and pretty. A good specimen is in the middle of the Sensory Garden of the Botanical Gardens.
Pelargonium 'Camphor Rose' scented geranium
perennial, easy care
created by in the weeds
zones: 8a thru 11a ...
Alcanforero - Cinnamomum camphora
Alcaparrera - Capparis spinosa
Alcaparro - Capparis spinosa
Alcarahueya - Carum carvi
Alcaravea - Carum carvi
Alcaravia - Carum carvi
Alcatraz - Arum italicum
Alcaucil - Cynara scolymus ...
camphortree Cinnamomum camphora
Canada bluegrass Poa compressa
Canada lettuce Lactuca canadensis
Canada thistle Cirsium arvense
Canadian horseweed; Canada fleabane; lani wela Conyza canadensis var. canadensis ...
Camphor tree Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl Mult categories
Canadian water weed Elodea canadensis Michx. (Category 1)
Canary pine Pinus canariensis C.Sm. (Category 2)
Castor - oil plant Ricinus communis L (Category 2) ...
It has soft needles which smell of camphor when crushed, and orange-brown cones.
Picea glauca: white spruce - This tree has prickly blue-green needles which grow to 3/4 inch, and 2 inch green cones which ripen to brown.
If the plants are subjected to some process, before mounting, by which injurious organisms are destroyed, such as exposure in a closed chamber to vapour of carbon bisulphide for some hours, the presence of pieces of camphor or naphthalene in the ...
- the mixture obtained from a clove of garlic mixed with camphorated oil used in rubbing the back and chest with is effective against scabies; ...
Camphor Tree (Cinnamonum camphora)
Campion (Lychnis coronaria 'Alba')
Campion (Lychnis x arkwrightii)
Campion (Lychnis x arkwrightii 'Vesuvius')
Campion (Lychnis coronaria 'Occulata')
Campsis grandiflora
Campsis radicans 'Flava' ...
Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora)
Caraway (Carum carvi)
Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
Carob (Ceratonia siliqua)
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
Cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum)
Cayenne pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Celery seed (Apium graveolens) ...
They have disinfectant properties and contain small quantities of camphor[95, 169]. The leaves are burnt as a fumigant to get rid of fleas[257]. The leaves have been hung in bunches to freshen the air[257].
Safrole, used in flavorings and medicinals, is obtained from oil of sassafras as well as from the camphor tree.
It has an excellent scent devoid of of the camphoriness of some lavenders, so that "Twickes" is a popular crop-variety for obtaining extracts used in candies. The scent is best & srongest when grown in poorer soil.
Three trees related to the commonly grown camphor tree are standing along the Engineering buildings on Escondido Mall opposite the back of Memorial Church.
Flowering southernwood (camphor-scented form)
Both main types are, despite their significant bitterness, well suited for culinary usage, although a preference for the lemon type would seem natural.
Constituents: About 1% volatile oil (containing 2-5% esters, mainly borneol acetate and 10-18% free alcohols including borneol and linalol), camphor, camphene and cineole; flavonoids (diosmin, apigenin, diosmetin, genkwanin, 6-methoxygenkwanin, ...
The double flowers are deeply perfumed and embellished with tiny, soft, camphor-scented bristles.
Then there's fragrance-camphor, lime, orange, apple, apricot, almond, lemon, allspice, rose, mint, nutmeg, coconut, strawberry, filbert, ginger, peppermint and peach - from the scented leaf species and varieties.
The dark green leaves and bark release a clove or camphor-like scent when crushed.
Noteworthy characteristics: Highly adaptable to many soil types and grows in sun or shade, though it blooms more when grown in full sun.
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You may see French lavender grown more as an ornamental plant -- it doesn't emit the traditional fragrance (its scent is more like camphor) that English lavenders and lavandins do.
Sagebrush has a strong odor after it rains that smells like turpentine or camphor.
Fringed sagebrush is a low, mat-forming shrub. It gets to be 4 to 16 inches (10-40 cm) in height and rarely grows taller than 24 inches (60 cm). Soft stems grow from a ...
(2009) looked at relationships in the Australian Camphorosmeae, perhaps to be included in Salsoleae. Kadereit et al.
African Blue - Ocimum 'African Blue,' (Annual) This basil has a warm, sweet, camphor scent. African Blue is a favorite for flower arrangements and is used in potpourri. The foliage is grayish green with purple veins & light purple flowers 3' ...
Fennel contains fixed oil, flavonoids, 2-6% essential oil consisting of 50-70% of the sweet trans-anethole and up to 20% of the bitter and camphoraceous (+)-fenchone.
Sun; subject to cold damage; E. dalrympleana, E. gunnii, E. camphora, and E. cinerea are hardiest.
*Nellie Steven's Holly
Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens'
15 to 25'
10 to 20' ...
alternate "maple-like" star shaped leaves
leaves are 5- to 7- lobed, 4 to 8" long and wide
margins serrate
dark to medium glossy green
camphor odor when crushed ...
15% of an essential oil that contains camphor, borneol and thujone. Both the leaves and the oil and they have been used to kill fleas and lice. Thujone is an effective insecticide, but it is highly toxic to mammals when taken in excess.
The scent is similar to that of camphor with hints of rosemary. The leaves and flowers are said to be poisonous if consumed in large quantities.
The British botanist Henry N. Ridley (1855-1956) described the flowers as smelling of cloves, while some have said they smell faintly of camphor. Bulbophyllum macranthum is pollinated by fruit flies (Bactrocera species).
 See also: May, Green, Medic, Pepper, India
  
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