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Botanical Classifications
Lauraceae (Juss..)
The Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the order Laurales. The family contains about 55 genera and over 2000 (perhaps as many as 4000) species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and Brazil. Most are aromatic evergreen trees or shrubs, but Sassafras and one or two other genera are deciduous, and Cassytha is a genus of parasitic vines.
Trees of the laurel family predominate in the world's laurel forests, which occur in a few humid subtropical and mild temperate regions of the northern and southern hemispheres, including the Macaronesian islands, southern Japan, Madagascar, and central Chile.
There are three main economical uses for this family. A high content of ethereal oils are found in many Lauraceae. Ethereal oils are important sources for spices and perfumes. Avocados are important oil-rich fruit that are now planted in warm climates across the world. The hard wood of several species is a source for timber around the world.
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Major essential oil producing plants in the Lauraceae family. |
| Aniba rosaeodora |
Rosewood, Aniba rosaeodora var. amazonica, bois de rose, Brazilian rosewood |
| Cinnamomum camphora |
Apopin, |
| Cinnamomum camphora |
Camphor, Laurus camphora, true camphor, hon sho, Japanese camphor, camphor tree, camphor laurel, shiu leaf, gum camphor. |
| Cinnamomum camphora |
Ho Leaf, Cinnamomum camphora l. nees se eberm. leaf oil, shiu leaf oil, camphor laurel, camphor tree, camphortree, Japanese camphor. |
| Cinnamomum cassia |
Cassia, Cinnamonum aromaticum, Laurus cassia, Chinese cinnamon, false cinnamon, cassia cinnamon, cassia lignea. |
| Cinnamomum tamala |
Tamala Cinnamomum glaucescens |
| Cinnamomum cecidodaphne |
Sugandha Kokila Cinnamomum glaucescens |
| Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
Cinnamon Leaf, Cinnamomum verum, Laurus cinnamomum, Ceylon cinnamon, Seychelles cinnamon. Madagascar cinnamon, true cinnamon. |
| Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
Cinnamon Bark, Cinnamomum verum, Laurus cinnamomum, Ceylon cinnamon, Seychelles cinnamon. Madagascar cinnamon, true cinnamon. |
| Laurus nobilis |
Bay Laurel, Sweet bay, true laurel, bay, roman laurel, noble laurel, Grecian laurel, true bay, Mediterranean bay. |
| Litsea cubeba |
Litsea cubeba Litsea citrata, may chang, exotic verbena, tropical verbena. |
| Ravensara aromatica. |
Ravensara Ravensare |
| Sassafras albidum |
Sassafras, Sassafras officinale, Laurus sassafras, Sassafras varifolium, Common sassafras, North American sassafras, sassafrax. |
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