SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Cinnamomum Camphora
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Used as an enbalming fluid.
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Camphor has been used in Asian cuisine as a flavoring agent and in religious ceremonies. Flavored tablets of camphor are also used as an anti-odor element and kept in clothes. Also in cupboard corners as a cockroach repellent.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Borneo Camphor
- Tamil : Pacha Karpooram
- Malayalam : Kalpooram
- Telugu : Cheen Karpooram / Pachcha Karpoora
- Kannada : Karpoora / Pachcha Karpoora
- Hindi : Kacha Kapoor / Pachcha Karpoora
- Gujarati : Kappur
- Konkani : Karpoor
- Marathi : Kacha Kapoor
- Punjabi : Kappur
- Tulu : Pachcha Karpoora
