Thanks Madhuri & Santhosh for info, which I have not come across before, on Camphor-rich plants. While searching further for Camphor in Wikipedia, I learnt that earlier Camphor was produced from Cinnamomum camphor, Camphor tree, Camphorwood or Camphor laurel), but now it is obtained from Turpentine synthetically.
Other plants/trees with camphor-like smell are : Dryobalanops aromatica, Family: Dipterocarpaceae, Ocotea usambarensis, East African Camphorwood Family: Lauraceae, Camphor basil, Ocimum kilimandscharicum, Family: Lamiaceae, African Blue basil (Ocimum kilimandscharicum × basilicum hybrid ). ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: santhosh kumar es <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Mahendra Prasad <[email protected]> Cc: singhg . <[email protected]>; sarbjeet Kaur <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 17 September, 2009 5:45:31 AM Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:18581] Re: Camphor I am not sure but what I remember is this campher donot allow any other plant to grow nearby due to the alkaloids in roots, which we extrct as kapoor. Is it true? Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel ________________________________ From: santhosh kumar es <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:41:56 +0300 To: Mahendra Prasad<[email protected]> Cc: singhg .<[email protected]>; sarbjeet Kaur<[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: [indiantreepix:18581] Re: Camphor Mahendra Ji, You asked about Ocimum kilimandcharicum has any connection with Camphor? Yes indeed. During second world war time there were huge demand of camphor as a sedative medicine and Ocimum kilimandcharicum from Africa was the substitute for Cinnamomum camphora. This is from a personal intimation from one of my senior collegues. Santhosh Dr ES Santhosh Kumar 2009/9/17 Mahendra Prasad <[email protected]> Is this the source of Camphor we use in religious rituals ? >Karpuri Tulsi, Ocimum kilimandscharicum, has a camphor-like fragrance. Any >connection also with Camphor, apart from the smell ? > > > > ________________________________ From: singhg . <[email protected]> >To: sarbjeet Kaur <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, 16 September, 2009 10:41:08 AM >Subject: [indiantreepix:18517] Re: Camphor > > >Yes sarabjeet > >It is Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl. >common names Kapoor; camphor; Japanese camphor > > >Gurcharan Singh > > >On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:38 AM, sarbjeet Kaur <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi every one >>I clicked this pix in Botanical Garden Sarangpur near Chandigarh.I believe >>the scietific name is Cinnamomum camphor and comon name is Camphor. >>Regards >>Sarbjeet >> >>-- >>Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>Department of Botany >>SGTB Khalsa College >>University of Delhi >>Delhi-110007 >>Res: 932 Anand Kunj >> Vikas Puri >> New Delhi-110018 >>Phone: 011025518297 >>Mobile: 9810359089 >> >>________________________________ Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. >> >>-- >>SANTHOSH >>----------------------------------- >> >>Dr. E S SANTHOSH KUMAR >>Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode >>Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >>Kerala, India >>www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >> Please consider your environmental responsibility:Before printing this >>e-mail, ask yourself whether you need a hard copy! >> >> > Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo.com/trynew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
