Camphora glandulifera
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Camphora
Species:	C. glandulifera
Binomial name
Camphora glandulifera (Wall.) Nees
Synonyms
Cinnamomum glanduliferum (Wallich) Meisn. Cinnamomum cavaleriei H.Lév. Laurus glandulifera Wall. Machilus dominii H. Lév. Machilus mekongensis Diels

Camphora glandulifera, common name false camphor tree or Nepal camphor tree, is a tree in the genus Cinnamomum of the family Lauraceae.

Cinnamomum glanduliferum is an evergreen tree reaching a height around 5–20 m (16–66 ft). Leaves are shiny, dark green, alternate, petiolated, elliptic to ovate or lanceolate, 6–15 cm (2.4–5.9 in) long and 4–6.5 cm (1.6–2.6 in) wide. Flowers are yellowish and small, about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide. Fruits are black, globose, up to 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter. Flowering period extends from March through May and the fruits ripen from July to September.^[2] The leaves have a characteristic smell and contain camphor and essential oils.

This plant is native to China, Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Nepal.^[2]

In China, C. glanduliferum grows in broad-leaved forests of mountainous regions, at an elevation around 1,500–2,500 m (4,900–8,200 ft) above sea level, sometimes higher.^[2]

• Baruah, A.; Nath, S. C. (2006). "Leaf Essential Oils of Cinnamomum glanduliferum (Wall) Meissn and Cinnamomum glaucescens (Nees) Meissn". Journal of Essential Oil Research. 18 (2): 200. doi:10.1080/10412905.2006.9699065. S2CID 98217027.

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