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'''KarpuraCinnamomum camphora''', Cinnamomum camphora is a relatively fast-growing, evergreen tree with a dense crown; . it is usually grows from 10 - 15 metres tall, but can reach 40 metres. The bole, which usually branches from quite low down, can be up to 75cm in diameter. The plant is grown commercially in China and Japan as a medicinal tree and also for its essential oil, though most camphor oil on the market nowadays is produced synthetically. 

{{Uses|Improves digestive systemIndigestion}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Decongestant}}, {{Uses|Cold and cough}}, {{Uses|Aphrodisiac}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}

{{Parts Used|ExtractLeaves}} 

{{Common names|kn=karpooraKarpoora, paccakarpuraPaccakarpura|ml=cutakkarpuramKutakkarpuram, karpooramKarpooram|sa=candraprabhaCandraprabha, himavalukaHimavaluka, karpurahKarpurah, gandhadravyaGandhadravya|ta=pachai karpooramPachai Karpooram, karpuramKarpuram|te=candramuCandramu, gamburam, ghanasaramuGhanasaramu, kappuramuKappuramu, karpuramupacha karpooram, Karpooram|hi=kapurKapur|en=Camphor tree}}

{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate| Leaves spirally arranged, glabrous, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, ovate-elliptic to elliptic to subovate-elliptic, 1-5 x 3-10 cm, base acute or tapered-cuneate, both surfaces minutely reticulate or above smooth; main nerves slender. Petiole slender, 2-4 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary Axillary panicles|greenish Greenish white||Panicles axillary, slender, glabrous, many-flowered, up to 10 cm long with few short branches. Pedicels 1-2 mm, obconical. Tepals ovate, acutish, fleshy, c. 2 mm. Stamens 1.5 mm long; anthers broad; inner anthers truncate, upper cells smaller, latrorse; gland large attached to the basal part of the filament. Staminodes stipitate. Style as long as the ovary with peltate triquetrous stigma.}}

{{Fruit|A berry|5-10 mm in diameter|Fruit globose, slightly fleshy, 5-10 mm in diameter, seated on a shallow, thin cup, 3-5 mm in diameter at the apex, 1-2 mm deep, the basal part fleshy, obconical, usually not differentiated from the obconical pedicel, together 5-7 mm long.||}}

<ref name="Uses">[https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/karpura-cinnamomum-camphora Uses]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan BOTANIC DESCRIPTION]</ref><ref name="UsesChemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref><ref name="Cultivation details">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cinnamomum+camphora "Cultivation details"]</ref>

* [https://easyayurveda.com/2014/12/08/camphor-benefits-dose-research-side-effects/Cinnamomum camphora on easyayurveda.com] * [https://www.ayurtimes.com/cinnamomum-camphora/Cinnamomum camphora on ayurtimes.com]* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cinnamomum+camphoraCinnamomum camphora on theferns.info]