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Camphora officinarum grows up to 20–30 m (66–98 ft) tall. [4] In Japan, where the tree is called kusunoki, five camphor trees are known with a trunk circumference above 20 m (66 ft), with the largest individual, Kamō no Ōkusu (蒲生の大楠, "Great camphor of Kamō"), reaching 24.22 m (79 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft).
Kamō is home to the oldest Camphor laurel tree (Cinnamomum camphora) in Japan. The tree is approximately 1500 years old, [2] and stretches 33.6 m (110 ft) across, [3] and about 30 m (98 ft) high. It was heavily damaged in typhoons in 1997 and 2004. A large hollow, with a diameter of 4.5 m (15 ft), [3] exists inside the tree. This hollow was a ...
Camphor (/ ˈ k æ m f ər /) is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma. [5] It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone.It is found in the wood of the camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), a large evergreen tree found in East Asia; and in the kapur tree (Dryobalanops sp.), a tall timber tree from South East Asia.
Also, there is a sacred tree at this site, the Sacred Camphor Tree, located between the Nachi Shrine and Seigantoji temple. It is 850 years old and is said to have been planted by Taira-no-Shigemori (1138–1179). The straw rope and paper flags show that this tree has been sanctified as a kami. The tree is alive with moss and ferns and other ...
The surviving trees of Sannō Shrine have become another living demonstration of destruction and re-growth. Two large camphor trees were scorched, burned and stripped of all leaves by the bomb's shock wave; and yet, despite everything, the trees survived. One tree in Nagasaki was designated a natural monument on February 15, 1969. [2]
Umi Hachimangū (宇美八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Umi, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū, Tamayori-bime, Sumiyoshi sanjin and Izanagi. In the former Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines, it was classified as a prefectural shrine (県社, kensha).
Giant Camphor tree on Shishi-jima Cinnamomum camphora 志々島の大くす Shishi-jima no ō-kusu: Mitoyo: Giant Camphor tree in the Precinct of Zentsū-ji Cinnamomum camphora 善通寺境内の大グス Zentsūji keidai no dai-gusu
Species of Camphora are evergreen trees or shrubs. Their leaves are alternate and pinnately veined or weakly tripliveined, which differed from the opposite or subopposite and tripliveined leaves of Cinnamomum species. [1]