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Camphora glandulifera

Camphora glandulifera
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0

Camphora glandulifera (now usually placed in Cinnamomum) is an evergreen tree from the Himalayan foothills and southern China, grown for its aromatic camphor-scented leaves. It is a large landscape tree rather than a common garden plant, and is best given space and a warm, frost-free site.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once the soil surface dries out; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or acidic to neutral soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 0 °C, as young trees are frost-tender.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Nepal to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia
Climate
subtropical

About

Camphora glandulifera, common name false camphor tree or Nepal camphor tree, is a tree in the genus Cinnamomum of the family Lauraceae.

Where it grows

This plant is native to China, Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Nepal.

Other Cinnamomum plants

Selasian Wood · Cinnamon · Cinnamomum angustitepalum · Brown Bollywood · Camphora bodinieri · Padang cassia · Cinnamomum calciphilum · Cambodia cinnamom · Camphora officinarum · Cinnamomum capparu-coronde · Laurels · Cebu Cinnamon Tree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Camphora glandulifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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