Saffrol Laurel

Cinnamomum parthenoxylon

(Jack) Meisn. Species

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Botanical name
Cinnamomum parthenoxylon
Also known as
Martaban Camphor Wood, Saffrol Laurel, Selasian Wood
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Cinnamomum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Saffrol Laurel

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cinnamomum parthenoxylon but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Camphora chinensis Camphora inodora Camphora inuncta Camphora parthenoxylon Camphora porrecta Camphora pseudosassafras Cinnamomum barbato-axillatum Cinnamomum inodorum Cinnamomum inunctum Cinnamomum malaccense Cinnamomum neesianum Cinnamomum penninervium Cinnamomum porrectum Cinnamomum pseudosassafras Cinnamomum purpureaum Laurus chinensis Laurus glandulifera Laurus parthenoxylon Laurus porrecta Laurus pruinosa Laurus pseudosassafras Laurus sassafras Litsea pruinosa Parthenoxylon porrectum Parthenoxylon pruinosum Parthenoxylon pseudosassafras Persea pseudosassafras Phoebe latifolia Sassafras loureiroi Sassafras parthenoxylon Tetranthera camphoracea

Others in Cinnamomum

Cinnamomum agasthyamalayanum
Cinnamomum altissimum
Cinnamomum anacardium
Cinnamomum andersonii
Cinnamomum angustitepalum
Cinnamomum assamicum
Cinnamomum austro-sinensis
Cinnamomum austro-yunnanense

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