What are the characteristics of camphor trees?

Cinnamomum camphora tree is a large evergreen tree of Cinnamomum camphora, also known as camphor tree, camphor tree and camphor oil.

Strong vitality

The main root of camphor tree is well-developed, deep-rooted and resistant to wind. Strong sprouting ability, resistant to pruning. The growth rate is medium, and the tree is as large as an umbrella, which can hide from the shade and cool. It has a long survival time and can grow into towering old trees for hundreds of years. The adaptive altitude is less than 1800 meters, and the altitude can reach 1000 in the south and southwest of the Yangtze River. it mainly grows in sunny slopes, valleys and riparian flatlands with fertile soil in the subtropics.

Strong purification power

Cinnamomum camphora tree is a tree species that can adapt to the urban environment. It has strong ability to smoke and dust, conserve water, fix soil, prevent sand and beautify the environment. In addition, it can resist sea tide wind, smoke, dust and toxic gases, and can absorb a variety of toxic gases. It can also drive mosquitoes and flies. According to scientists, turpentine dicyclic hydrocarbons, camphor alkenes, lemon hydrocarbons, eugenol and other chemicals emitted by camphor trees have the ability to purify toxic air, as well as anti-cancer and insect-proof effects, filtering out fresh and clean air.

Tree-shaped tall

Cinnamomum camphora tree is very distinctive, for the camphor family Cinnamomum evergreen trees, up to 30 meters high, up to 3 meters in diameter, the crown is widely ovoid. The bark is rough, but the texture is uniform. The branches and trunks are divided into two and four, and they will not cut corners or gild the lily. The shape of the crown is spherical, drawing a beautiful curve in the sky.

Have a wide range of uses

Camphor tree is an important timber and special economic tree species in subtropical area. Camphor and camphor oil can be extracted from roots, wood, branches and leaves. The main components of camphor oil are camphor, turpentine dicyclic hydrocarbon, camphor olefin, lemon hydrocarbon, eugenol and so on. Camphor is used for medicine, plastics, explosives, anticorrosion, insecticidal, etc. Camphor oil can be used as raw materials such as pesticides, mineral processing, soap, fake paint and flavors. Excellent wood quality, pest resistance, moisture resistance, for construction, shipbuilding, furniture, cabinets, plates, carving and so on. The seed can also be made into a pillow core with good medicinal effect.

Garden value

Cinnamomum camphora tree is an excellent tree species for urban greening, with dense branches and leaves, thick crown and shade, majestic tree posture, smoking and dust retention, water conservation, soil fixation, sand prevention and beautification of the environment. It is widely used as shade trees, street trees, shelterbelts and scenic forests. It is magnificent to plant in groups, alone or as background trees in grasslands, and because of its strong resistance to a variety of toxic gases, strong ability to absorb dust and absorb harmful gases, it is often used in cities and industrial and mining areas.

Unique fragrance

Camphor trees have a special fragrance that repels insects, so there is little need for gardeners to spray pesticides. Camphor tree seeds are rich in oil, and the content of decanoic acid is more than 40%. They are medium and short carbon fatty acids, which have special physiological and nutritional functions. The development of new oil products using camphor tree seeds is being studied.