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Cinnamomum camphora

(L.) J.Presl (1825)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Laurales Family: Lauraceae Genus: Cinnamomum

camphor tree

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees.

Stems: Young branches terete (cylindrical), glabrous, terminal and axillary buds covered with bracts, forming a small cone, young branches with clusters of scars from fallen bracts.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades broadly ovate, 7–10 cm long, 3–5 cm wide. Apex sharply acute. Surfaces glabrous; hairs, when present, simple; blades usually leathery, usually with aromatic oil or mucilage cells. Margins entire. Tripliveined, with domatia in axils of main veins. Petioles slender, relatively long (± ⅓ length of lamina). Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary, glabrous inflorescences shorter than leaves. Flowers usually bisexual (perfect), usually aromatic, small, actinomorphic. Tepals 6, 1.5–2 mm long, glabrous externally, pubescent within, basal part of or entire Tepals usually persisting on rim of cupule, usually arranged in whorls of 3, usually white, greenish white, or yellow, rarely reddish. Fertile stamens 9, outer 6 introrse, inner 3 extrorse and with basal glands, staminodia and filaments pubescent; anthers tetrathecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule 1, anatropous.

Fruit: Globose berry; subtended by a small cupule with entire margins; which can be shallow or completely envelop the fruit. Seeds without endosperm.

Ploidy: 2n = 24

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Potentially Naturalizing
Lana'i Not in flora
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Birds
Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Prir. Rostlin 2: 36 (1825)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:846 (K, O, L, M); Staples & Herbst 2005:366 (DESCR); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:189 (remove L [no evidence of nat.])

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cinnamomum camphora Na Pali Coast, Hanakapiai Valley UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
2 Cinnamomum camphora Wahiawa UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
3 Cinnamomum camphora Kapahi, roadside at end of Kapahi Rd. UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
4 Cinnamomum camphora Waimea UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
5 Cinnamomum camphora Na Pali Coast, Hanakapiai Valley UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
6 Cinnamomum camphora Wahiawa UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
7 Cinnamomum camphora Kapahi, roadside at end of Kapahi Rd. UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
8 Cinnamomum camphora Waimea UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
9 Cinnamomum camphora Na Pali Coast, Hanakapiai Valley UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
10 Cinnamomum camphora Wahiawa UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
11 Cinnamomum camphora Kapahi, roadside at end of Kapahi Rd. UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
12 Cinnamomum camphora Waimea UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
13 Cinnamomum camphora Na Pali Coast, Hanakapiai Valley UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
14 Cinnamomum camphora Wahiawa UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
15 Cinnamomum camphora Kapahi, roadside at end of Kapahi Rd. UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
16 Cinnamomum camphora Waimea UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
17 Cinnamomum camphora Na Pali Coast, Hanakapiai Valley UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
18 Cinnamomum camphora Wahiawa UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
19 Cinnamomum camphora Kapahi, roadside at end of Kapahi Rd. UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
20 Cinnamomum camphora Waimea UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
21 Cinnamomum camphora Na Pali Coast, Hanakapiai Valley UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
22 Cinnamomum camphora Wahiawa UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
23 Cinnamomum camphora Kapahi, roadside at end of Kapahi Rd. UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187250 Kauai HAPI 4/21/1962
24 Cinnamomum camphora Waimea UNKNOWN Vladimir J. Krajina V187247 Maui HAPI 4/21/1962
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