Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl
| Synonym : | CamphoraofficinarumNees Camphorina camphora (L.)Farw. Laurus camphora L. Perseacamphora(L.)Spreng. |
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| Bangla Name : | Karpur |
| English Name : | Camphor tree |
| Family : | Lauraceae |
| Disease : | Anal fissure, blood dysentery, cirorhosis, constipation, diarrhoea, duodenal ulcer, dysmenorrhoea, fever, flatulence, gastric tumor, gout, heat stroke, hepatomegaly, hiccup, worm, hyper acidity, malaria, impotence, jaundice, indigestion, lumbago. |
| Description : | It is a large evergreen tropical tree in the Lauraceae (laurel family), The camphor tree is a large, handsome tree, with a broad oval crown,. It has alternate, somewhat leathery leaves, oval to elliptical, long, with acuminate tips (narrowing to a point). The inconspicuous yellow or greenish-white flowers, which are tubular, grow in panicles (clusters) that are shorter. The fruit is a small, globose, fleshy berry, that ripens to purple black and is partly surrounded by a cup-like perianth (developed from the outer parts of the flower). The whole plant has a strong scent from the camphor oil, an aromatic terpenoid compound, which occurs in the bark, twigs and leaves. |
| Distribution : | This speciesis found throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Essential oil sesquiterpenes, camphorenone and campherenol.Roots, alkaloids Iaurolistsine and reticuliene.Leaves, palmitone.Heartwood, cyclopentenone. |
| Uses : | The plant is used in anal fissure, blood dysentery, cirorhosis, constipation, diarrhoea, duodenal ulcer, dysmenorrhoea, fever, flatulence, gastric tumor, gout, heat stroke, hepatomegaly, hiccup, worm, hyper acidity, malaria, impotence, jaundice, indigesti |
| Habit : | Tree |