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, CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA. The camphor tree produces a white crystalline substance, camphor, which has been much used as insect repellant. If you have ever smelled a moth ball-thatâs camphor. It comes from the wood of the evergreen tree which can grow up to 100 feet and can have a canopy of 6 or 7 feet in diameter.f you have ever smelled a moth ball-thatâs camphor. It comes from the wood of the evergreen tree which can grow up to 100 feet and can have a canopy of 6 or 7 feet in diameter.
We get two types of camphor in the market. One is got from a tree called camphor laurel and other is synthetically made. We call the edible camphor got from the tree Pachai karpooram in Tamil, and Kapoor in Hindi. The synthetically derived camphor is called Karpooram in Tamil.