PANDANUS Project  
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl in Pandanus database of Indian plant names
 •  Pandanus Homepage  •  Database of Plants  •  Publications  •  Sanskrit E-texts  •  Seminar of Indian Studies  •
 

  Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

Back to the list of plant names 

 
 Latin nameCinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl
 FamilyLauraceae
 Identified with (Skt)karpūra
 Identified with (Hin)kapūr
 Identified with (Tam)kaṟpūram
 Identified with (Mal)cūṭakkaṛpūram, kaṛpūram
 Identified with (Eng)Camphor tree
 Botanical infoAn evergreen tree, 30 m high, native in India, China and Formosa, cultivated in India, leathery aromatic simple leaves, yellowish white flowers in axillary panicles, ovoid or globose dark green fruits
 Search occurrencekarpūra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 258)
karpūra 1 as, am, m. n. (kRp Comm. on Uṇ. iv, 90), camphor (either the plant or resinous exudation or fruit), Suśr., Pañcat. &c.; m. N. of several men; of a Dvīpa, Kathās. lvi, 61, f.; (ā), f. a kind of yellowish pigment, Bhpr.; mf(ā)n. made of camphor, Hcat.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 822)
kaṟpūram: 01 1. Common camphor; 2. Champhor in its native state, one of five mukavācam , q.v.
02 Gold
03 A plant growing in damp places


 
(c) 1998-2009 Seminar of Indian Studies, Institute of South and Central Asia, Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Development of this database of Indian plant names was made possible by the generous funding of the Grant Agency of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.