Camphora officinarum

樟樹

Camphora officinarum C. Bauhin ex Nees

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特徵描述

典藏標本

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相關資訊

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Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb

Kanehira. 1936. Formosan trees : indigenous to the island (revised) 201. (Formos. Trees rev. ed.)
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Nees & Eberm.

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Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Nees & Eberm. var. hosyo (Hatusima) Liao

Laio. 1978. Quarterly journal of Chinese forestry 11(3): 83. (Quart. J. Chin. For.)
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Nees & Eberm. var. nominale Hayata subvar. hosyo Hatusima

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Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl.

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tree

Evergreen trees, with aromatic camphor odor; bark of trunk without knobs, deeply furrowed; buds ovoid, pubescent.
Leaves alternate, chartaceous, broadly ovate to elliptic, 7-10 cm long, 3-4 cm broad, acute to acuminate at apex, obtuse at base, entire to undulate, deep green, polished and glabrous above, glaucous beneath, with 3 main veins and 2 conspicuous glands in vein axils, lateral veins 2-3 pairs, in addition to the 2 lateral main veins, midrib and lateral veins elevated on both sides, veinlets reticulate, indistinct on both sides; petioles 1.5 cm long.
Inflorescence panicles, axillary; tepals 6, ovate, 1 mm broad, obtuse, yellowish-green, glabrous outside, pubescent inside; fertile stamens 9, 1st and 2nd whorles of stamens eglandular, anthers oblong, ca. 0.5 mm long, introrse, 3rd whorl with 2 ovate subsessile glands, sparsely haired at base, anthers extrorse, 4th whorl staminodes ovoid; ovary ovoid, glabrous.
Berry compressed-globose, 7-10 mm across, viole-black;seeds 6-7.1 mm across.

flowering January to May; maturing September to January of next year.

花	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
果	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

台灣 : lowlands to 1,200 m in the north and from lowlands to 1,800 m in the south; also widely cultivated in lowlands.
世界 : Mainland China, Japan, the Ryukyus and Vietnam.