Basic Information:

基本資料:

Scientific Name:
Cinnamomum camphora  (L.) J. Presl

名稱:
樟樹

Common Name:
Camphor tree

Family Name:
Lauraceae

科屬:
樟科

Habit:
Evergreen tree

習性:
常綠喬木

Origin Name:

Native; South Asia.

原產地:

原生；東南亞。

Features:

特徵:

Height:
Up to 30m tall

高度:
可高達30米

Stems:
Bark of trunk yellowish brown, with irregular longitudinal fissures

莖:
主幹樹皮黃褐色，具不規則縱裂紋

Leaf:

Simple leaves alternate. Ovate-elliptic in shape, apex acute, distinctly triplinerved, middle vein obvious. Subleathery in texture, margin entire, sometimes undulate. Terminal buds broadly ovoid to globose, enclosed by bud scales. Axiles of lateral veins with conspicuous domatia abaxially. Leaf blade turning orange-red to dark red before defoliation.

葉:

單葉互生，卵狀橢圓形，先端急尖，具明顯的離基三出脈，中脈明顯。質地近革質，葉緣全緣，有時邊緣波狀。頂芽廣卵狀至圓球狀，由鱗片包圍。葉底側脈交匯處具明顯的腺窩。落葉前轉為橙紅至深紅色。

Flower:

• Greenish white to yellowish green. Perianth lobes 6, lobes elliptic.
• Flowering: Apr - May

花:

• 綠白色至黃綠色。花被裂片6，裂片橢圓形。
• 花期: 4 - 5月

Fruit:

• Drupe, purplish black when mature, subglobose. Fruit receptacle cup-shaped (cupuliform)
• Fruiting: Aug - Nov

果實:

• 核果，成熟時紫黑色，近球狀，果托呈杯狀。
• 果期: 8 - 11月