Borneo Camphor

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