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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).
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.
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 ...
Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
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.
Camphora parthenoxylon is known variously as Selasian wood, [4] saffrol laurel, [5] or Martaban camphor wood in English. [6] It has the outdated heterotypic synonym Laurus porrecta ( Roxb. The species name parthenoxylon derives from parthenos xylon ( Greek : παρθενός ξύλον ), meaning "virgin wood".
Dryobalanops aromatica, commonly known as Borneo camphor, camphor tree, Malay camphor, or Sumatran camphor, [3] is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species name aromatica is derived from Latin ( aromaticus meaning spice-like) and refers to the smell of the dammar (resin).