Cinnamomum camphora

Botanic Name Recordings

樟樹

Camphor Tree

Plant Type

Native/Exotic

Usual Habitats

Tree

Native

Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Hillside Woodland, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Evergreen

Design Function

Hillside/Slope Planting Native, Shade Tree, Shade tolerant

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

Fruit Colour

Inconspicuous

Fruit Time of Year

Green, Yellow

Flower Colour

Flower Time of Year

d. APRIL, e. MAY

Landscape Application Examples

Location: Tai Po She Shan Tsuen

Date: 20240804

A famous giant camphor tree, regarded as the largest one in Hong Kong.

Location: Lai Chi Wo

Date: 20240324

This camphor tree, known as the 'Five-Finger Camphor,' was partially cut down during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. However, due to the unwavering resistance of the villagers, it has survived to this day.

Cinnamomum camphora at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park

Location: Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park

Date: 20240326

20200202 Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Livistona chinensis

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Belamcanda chinensis

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Ficus benjamina

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Ficus microcarpa

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Ixora chinensis

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Araucaria heterophylla

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Camellia japonica, Carmona microphylla

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Ficus elastica

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Ficus subpisocarpa

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Macaranga tanarius

Cinnamomum camphora

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