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Cinnamomum
camphora (L.)
J. Presl
Synonym
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Camphora camphora
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Family
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Lauraceae
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Local name
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English- Camphor Tree
Malayalam- Karpuramaram
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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April - November
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Distribution
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Native of
Japan; widely cultivated.
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Distribution
in kerala
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Kasaragode, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode,
Malappuram
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Habitat
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Cultivated
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Uses
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Exudates from heartwood and
leaves are used against poisoning, burning sensation, vomiting, eye diseases,
worm infection, asthma, diarrhoea and cardiac depressions.
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Key
botanical characters:
Leaves spirally arranged, glabrous, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous,
Petiole slender, 2-4 cm long. Panicles axillary, slender, glabrous,
many-flowered, up to 10 cm long with few short branches. Pedicels 1-2 mm,
obconical. Tepals ovate, acutish, fleshy. Stamens 1.5 mm long; anthers broad;
peltate triquetrous stigma. Fruit Berry Purple, globose.
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