Japanese camphor tree

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Cinnamomum tenuifolium Sugim.

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Cinnamomum Schaeffer (ニッケイ)

Yabunikkei (ヤブニッケイ, 藪肉桂), Japanese camphor tree
Lifeform: evergreen tree
Distribution: Taiwan - Jeju Island - Japan (south to Kanto and Hokuriku District)
Habitat: lowland forests, in particular, in secondary forests
Leaf: sub-adverse → C. camphora: alternate
Seed dispersal: animal (bird)
Use: wind control

Synonyms:

Cinnamomum yabunikkei H. Ohba, often used
Cinnamomum japonicum Siebold ex Nakai
Cinnamomum insularimontanum auct. non Hayata
Cinnamomum pedunculatum Nees
Cinnamomum japonicum auct. non Siebold
Cinnamomum japonicum Siebold ex Nakai f. tenuifolium (Makino) Sugim.

f. nervosum (Meisn.) H. Hara (ヤブニッケイ, s.s.)

Cinnamomum tenuifolium in Japan

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[1-3] a tree transplanted in the Arboretum of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, on Mary 18 2015.