Camphor Tree
Cinnamomum camphora · Lauraceae · 녹나무
How to spot it
A camphor scent comes from crushed leaves or twigs, and young twigs are green with a reddish tint.
Look
- Leaves
- The upper leaf surface is glossy green and the margin is smooth or wavy.
- Flowers
- Fragrant, small greenish-white to pale yellow flowers in panicles.
- Fruit
- A fleshy drupe that ripens from dark blue to black.
- Bark
- The bark forms furrows and flat-topped ridges.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- NC State describes it as native to East Asia.
- Ecology
- Birds eat the fruit and spread the seeds, and it produces many seeds and self-sows. In Florida in the United States, spread and competition problems are reported.
Famous Camphor Tree trees in Korea
Sources
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- 국립수목원 국가표준식물목록(자생식물)
- 대전광역시 한밭수목원, 제4차 수목원진흥실시계획(2019–2023)
- World Agroforestry / Agroforestree Database 4.0: Cinnamomum camphora
- 산림청·국립수목원 (2012), 한국의 가로수 — 나무가 만드는 아름다운 길
- 가고시마현 관광사이트(KAGOSHIMA visitor's guide)
- 국가유산청 국가유산 공개API — 천연기념물 제주 도순리 녹나무 자생지 설명
- 한국일보 '제주 중문면 녹나무(사라진 천연기념물:5)' (1997-02-17)
- 한국민족문화대백과사전 '녹나무'