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Camphora officinarum

Common names: camphor tree, camphor laurel (Eng.); kanferboom (Afr.); ulosilina (isiZulu)

Family: Lauraceae

... is now a genus of about 225 species . Both belong in the Lauraceae, a family with a worldwide distribution and which ...

11 / 06 / 2025 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cinnamomum camphora

Common names: camphor tree, camphor laurel (Eng.); kanferboom (Afr.); ulosilina (isiZulu)

Family: Lauraceae

11 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: myrtle quince, myrtle-leaved wild-quince, camphor wild-quince (Eng.); mirtekweper, wildekanferboom (Afr.); umthungwa, unthungwane (isiXhosa); umngqabe

Family: Lauraceae

11 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: northern stinkwood, false stinkwood, bastard stinkwood, mock stinkwood, Transvaal stinkwood (Eng), noordelikestinkhout, vals-stinkhout, basterstinkhou

Family: Lauraceae

... is a genus of angiosperm plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. There are 540 species currently accepted within ...

06 / 03 / 2023 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG

Common names: red quince; red-haired laurel (Eng.); rooikweper (Afr.); umNgcabe (Zulu); umNqayane (Zulu, Xhosa)

Family: Lauraceae

... with seven southern African representatives. The family Lauraceae is one of the oldest groups of flowering plants, ...

15 / 10 / 2007 | Hugh Glen | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Ocotea bullata leaves. Photo Geoff Nichols

Common names: stinkwood, black stinkwood, Cape laurel, (Eng), stinkhout, swartstinkhout, laurelhout (Afr), umnukani (Zulu), umhlungulu (Xhosa)

Family: Lauraceae

... recognized the stinkwood as a member of the family Lauraceae and named it Laurus bullata . The strange ...

06 / 03 / 2006 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: Cape laurel, Cape Quince, bastard camphor tree (E): rooikweper,Kaapse kweper (A); isithungwa, inqayana, ixobothi (Xhosa) umngcabe, umnqayane, isililan

Family: Lauraceae

19 / 12 / 2005 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Search results for "Lauraceae" (displaying 7 of 7 on page 1)

Camphora officinarum

Cinnamomum camphora

Cryptocarya myrtifolia

Ocotea kenyensis

Cryptocarya wyliei

Ocotea bullata

Cryptocarya woodii