Lauraceae

Martaban camphor wood

Cinnamomum parthenoxylon (Jack) Meisn.

Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: كافور أصفر
arz: كافور اصفر
Cantonese: 黃樟
Chinese: 黄樟, 黃樟, 中亥, 中俄, 中广, 中折旺, 中民, 中火光
English: Martaban camphor wood, Saffrol laurel, Selasian wood, Yellow cinnamomum
Japanese: ガジスグス
Malay: Pokok Medang Kemangi
Spanish: Alcanforero amarillo
Sundanese: Ki séréh
Thai: เทพทาโร

Synonyms

Camphora chinensis Nees
Camphora inodora Blume ex Miq.
Camphora inuncta Nees
Camphora parthenoxylon (Jack) Nees
Camphora porrecta (Roxb.) Voigt
Camphora pseudosassafras Miq.
Cinnamomum barbato-axillatum N.Chao
Cinnamomum inodorum (Blume ex Miq.) Meisn.
Cinnamomum inunctum (Nees) Meisn.
Cinnamomum malaccense Meisn.
Cinnamomum neesianum Meisn.
Cinnamomum penninervium Kosterm.
Cinnamomum porrectum (Roxb.) Kosterm.
Cinnamomum pseudosassafras Meisn.
Cinnamomum purpureaum H.G.Ye & F.G.Wang
Laurus chinensis Nees
Laurus glandulifera Meisn.
Laurus parthenoxylon Jack
Laurus porrecta Roxb.
Laurus pruinosa Reinw. ex Blume
Laurus pseudosassafras Blume
Laurus sassafras Lour.
Litsea pruinosa Nees
Parthenoxylon porrectum (Roxb.) Blume
Parthenoxylon pruinosum Blume
Parthenoxylon pseudosassafras Blume
Persea pseudosassafras Zoll. & Moritzi
Phoebe latifolia Champ. ex Benth.
Sassafras loureiroi Kostel.
Sassafras parthenoxylon (Jack) Nees
Tetranthera camphoracea Wall. ex Meisn.

Photos

Photo: Emillo1212, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Emillo1212, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Raflinoer32, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Raflinoer32, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.