What subject does camphor tree belong to?

Cinnamomum camphora is a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved tree with a height of 30 meters, a diameter of 3 meters and a wide oval crown. Branches, leaves and wood all smell of camphor; The bark is yellowish brown with irregular longitudinal cracks. The terminal bud is broadly ovoid or spherical, and the scales are broadly ovoid or suborbicular.

Panicle axillary, 3.5 ~ 7 cm long, peduncle, total peduncle 2.5 ~ 4.5 cm long, hairless or grayish white to yellowish brown, with puberulent rachis at all levels, especially when the nodes are hairy. Flowers are green and white or yellow.

Ovary spherical, about 65438 0 mm long, hairless, style about 65438 0 mm long. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, 6 ~ 8 mm in diameter, purple-black; Fruit receptacle cup-shaped, about 5 mm long, truncated at the top, with longitudinal grooves. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is August-165438+1October.

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Camphor trees are mainly distributed in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Taiwan Province, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan and Sichuan. Sex likes warm and humid climate conditions and is not cold-resistant. It is suitable to live in areas with annual average temperature 16 ~ 17℃ and low temperature -7℃.

Cinnamomum camphora is not strict with soil, and it grows well in deep and fertile clay loam, sandy loam, acidic soil and neutral soil, and can also grow in saline-alkali soil with salt content below 0.2%.

Cinnamomum camphora has a magnificent shape, evergreen seasons, stretched crown, lush foliage, swaying ground, beautiful foliage and fragrant smell. It is an excellent tree species as street trees, courtyard shade trees, scenic forests, windbreaks and soundproof forest belts.