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Definition of Cinnamomum Camphora

Cinnamomum Camphora
Camphor Cam"phor, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. ?), fr. Ar. k[=a]f[=u]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[=u]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linn[ae]us.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar (Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint. Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.

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- PMC 9526118. PMID 36203627. Xi-wen Li; Jie Li; Henk van der Werff. "Cinnamomum camphora". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard...
- southern China, India, and Southeast Asia. Some species, such as Cinnamomum camphora, tolerate drought. All species tested so far are diploid, with the...
- genus Camphora: Camphora bodinieri ≡ Cinnamomum bodinieri Camphora brachythyrsa ≡ Cinnamomum brachythyrsum Camphora chartophylla ≡ Cinnamomum chartophyllum...
- related to norbornane. Its name refers to Borneo, habitat of the tree Cinnamomum camphora from which bornane and related compounds can be extracted. Camphor...
- Camphora glandulifera, common name false camphor tree or Nepal camphor tree, is a tree in the genus Cinnamomum of the family Lauraceae. Cinnamomum glanduliferum...
- dicot lignotubers are those of the Chinese Camphor Tree, or Kusu (Cinnamomum camphora) of ****an, China and the Koreas. Ones at the Vergelegen Estate in...
- Lai Chi Wo is a Hakka village near Sha Tau Kok, in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is described as a "walled village" by some sources...
- White camphor >5 g/kg >5 g/kg Cinnamomum camphora, extracted from leaves Yellow camphor 3.73 g/kg >5 g/kg Cinnamomum camphora, extracted from bark Hot oil...
- polifolia California laurel, Umbellularia californica Camphor laurel, Cinnamomum camphora Canary laurel, Laurus novocanariensis Cape laurel, Ocotea bullata...
- a cyclic ketone. It is found in the wood of the camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), a large evergreen tree found in East Asia; and in the kapur tree...