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Camphor Tree

Cinnamomum camphora

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Cinnamomum camphora (commonly known as Camphor tree, Camphorwood or camphor laurel) is a large evergreen tree that grows up to 20–30 metres tall. The leaves have a glossy, waxy appearance and smell of camphor when crushed. In spring it produces bright green foliage with masses of small white flowers. It produces clusters of black berry-like fruit around one centimetre in diameter. It has a pale bark that is very rough and fissured vertically. It has aggressive surface roots and a trunk that widens as it grows, which tends to lift sidewalks and consume walkways.

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  1. (c) Kenpei, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Cinnamomum_camphora6.jpg/460px-Cinnamomum_camphora6.jpg
  2. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Cinnamomum_camphora-hangzhou.JPG/460px-Cinnamomum_camphora-hangzhou.JPG
  3. (c) Kenpei, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Cinnamomum_camphora3.jpg/460px-Cinnamomum_camphora3.jpg
  4. (c) Kenpei, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Cinnamomum_camphora4.jpg/460px-Cinnamomum_camphora4.jpg
  5. (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/starr-environmental/24504440876/
  6. Adapted by laearthwatch from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamomum_camphora

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