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''Cinnamomum kanehirae'' (Chinese name niu zhang( 牛樟)), also known as small-flowered camphor tree, or stout camphor tree, is a tree within the genus '' Cinnamomum'' of the family

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...

endemic to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Characteristics

The tree can grow up to 30 m tall, 2 m across; evergreen trees; bark brown, fissured; branchlets glabrous, and yellow-green in color; leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire, margins often wavy, broadly ovate, ovate to elliptic, polished, 10–15 cm long, 4–7.5 cm wide, green and glabrous on both sides, usually with 0–3 or often 5 main veins, rarely with pinnate veins, lateral veins 2–3 pairs, short acute at apex, obtuse-rounded at base; petioles 1.4–3 cm long, grooved above. Inflorescences cymes, terminal; bracts of flowers pubescent outside, 2–3 mm across; perianth 6, pale-yellow, oblong, 2 mm long, tomentose at base inside, 1st and 2nd whorls of stamens 0.5 mm long, tomentose at base inside, anthers 4-celled, eglandular, introrse, 3rd whorl of stamens with glands, tomentose at base inside, anthers 4-celled, extrorse. Berry compressed-obconic or globose, l.2-1.3 cm long, l.2-1.5 cm across, green to blackish-violet, slightly pubescent to glabrous; seeds globose, 1 cm across, rounded on both sides. Flowering Nov. to December.; Fruiting Sept. to October.

Habitat

This species is present at 200–2,000 m, mixed with ''C. micranthum'' in broad-leaved forests throughout Taiwan.

Uses

It commonly used in carving or manufacturing equipments, and sometimes used in furniture; branches and leaves can also be distilled and obtained wood essential oils.

Gallery

File:牛樟Cinnamomum kanehirae 20210503094855 01.jpg, New branch File:牛樟Cinnamomum kanehirae 20210503094855 03.jpg, New leaves File:牛樟Cinnamomum kanehirae 20210503094855 04.jpg, Leaves File:牛樟Cinnamomum kanehirae 20210503094855 12.jpg, One of the tree's characteristics is that the tree is tall and straight.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15252180 kanehirae Endemic flora of Taiwan Plants described in 1913 Taxa named by Bunzō Hayata