My grandma who came over from Spain used to pick off the ends of the branches of our camphor tree. She would sort of crunch the leaves a little bit in her hands, and then put the little branches in her cupboard "to keep bugs away". 😊

Just today I have realized we have Camphor tree on our new house! Surprise, Surprise. It's 40year old tree. We live in San Jose, California!

I love the smell of Camphor tree

I love how you dress, so comfy to look at you.

Awesome info I have three of these on the property, they grow very fast and the worms in my worm bin seem to love their leaves as they are replicating profusely in them as a bedding! Thank you, I'm about to go make some tea!

thank you for what you do. ive been cooped up inside all winter in the middle of the city. this is very empowering education.

Love this tree, it grows all over the place in c. fla. I call it the VicksVapoRub tree!

Thank you for this video! I look forward to learning more from you & all the Lord has provided, from the Alabama Gulf Coast region.

"Oh, those Katydids! They're edible you know." I don't know why that made me smile.

Now I know what to do with all my baby camphor seedlings under my 50 foot camphor tree!! Thanks :)

love these videos!

The fruit is reminiscent of the california bay fruit. Ive seen lots of these trees around here. Thanks for the lesson!

I enjoy watching the videos over and over. One of these days hope to be an expert. Nice to refresh my memory. Thank you, thank you////

Green Dean, can you please do more videos of wild edible tubers? In my opinion, those are the most interesting plants. I am ALWAYS interested in finding more edible tuber/rhizomes.

I SO appreciate you and your method!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome video

@EatTheWeeds Thanks a lot!

good vid, lotsa info, thank you

I haven't seen the young leaves as pink - the one you're by is much larger than them here where i live.

I used to boil up some leaves to smell up the house. Until someone told me you're spreading poison in the air. I love the smell. I think it helps with congestion too.

I still have a couple Camphor trees but they are dying because of the drought here in Texas and from being shaded-out by the Pin oak trees nearby.

Another Superb video, Deane. Absolutely look forward to your next one. You are an incredible teacher and always pleasant, humorous, and make everyone much smarter for having tuned in to you I'm sure. God bless!

Thank you

Molto interessante! Grazie!

1:40 looks like Beauty Berry (Callicarpa americana L.) in the background. (big green flat round-ish leaves and very bright purple berries/fruits/whatever they are classified as.) Reference: EatTheWeeds: Episode 40: American Beautyberry kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n817mNSLz960iYU.html

Hi Green Deane, I love your vids and I was wondering if you knew anyone from your weeds community from Montreal Canada who could teach me your knowledge in classes or expeditions??? Thanks !

@edv177 It is naturalized Virginia south and west to Texas, then California, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. It could be elsewhere intentionally.

@jazz61021 That's a young paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera. Their leave shape varies greately from a young tree to an adult. I did a video on them.

@tyrannynotever I do have a video on Sassafras, but I've never heard of them being used for insect repellant.

@MrBudwv Oh yes... that is what's taking so long. The site is 19 gigs and moving it is taking a bit of time.

i think i have this tree in the front yard her in orlando fl, now as a sapling ive been cutting them back as i thought it was just some pesky tall plant i crushed a leave they have a cinnamon smell to it. Cinnamomum camphora ? anyways i noticed a caterpillar on it a spicebush swallow tail which it will become its black and blue. and now i want to keep it for this reason.

Very Informative video.....this tree grows like a weed in my backyard in North Central Florida.....looking forward to trying the tea....I also have Sassafras growing in the yard as well.....I use the wood to make hiking sticks because it is such a lightweight wood...thanks for the info!!!

I chew on the unripe fruit to get rid of my headaches, because of the camphor in it. Works better than any medicine. Not sure why you say the fruit isn't edible, as I eat the unripe ones (a small amount) and the seeds too? I'd imagine the seeds should be pretty edible - why not touch upon that? I mean it's related to avocado. I bet you're referring to the ripe fruit. I think the unripe fruit (I mean when it's green) is pretty similar to a leaf, as I chew that. I eat the twig that comes with the leaf, especially at the point where it's plucked, because it has an extra medicinal taste there!

Smart man!

Behind you is a camphor tree with (what appears to be) skunk vine growing up it. Next to you is a young paper mulberry. Geeeez, invasive exotic central!!

@kruulz Yes, but the post then becomes the perpetual last.

Good luck with the new website. I hope your going to transfer your wonderful data base over too. I'd hate to lose that resource.

@TheAuspicious On my website there is an instructor in Ontario. She might know of someone in your area.

@EatTheWeeds Thanks.

Ha, I found a camphor tree growing surrounded by river came in a bottomland swamp.

Question? What is the plant to your right at 20 seconds onward, and time 8:23 at the end. The leaves seem to have many different shapes on the same plant.

what type of flavor do the leaves give used as a spice?

I was wondering if the wood could be used for smoking since it kinda had an eucalyptus/witch hazel/mesquite herbal smell but the internet says not to smoke food with the plant . Camphor , menthol and eucalyptus are used in Vick's Vapor rub .

We have camphor tree plus 50 ft high 5 trunks, it frosted all over a month ago. is it an evergreen will it come back in spring, looks pretty bad now

Because of the strong smell, could boiling the leaves be used to repel mosquitoes?

the seeds seem find to eat - I eat those all the time - they have really no camphor-like qualities - but are the seeds toxic? I never saw any article say they are.

@tyrannynotever Go to You Tube. Type in Eattheweeds and Sassafras.

What about hetertheca subaxillaris? camphorweed? we have it growing here. I wanta eat it!

Is the bark/wood edible to chew on for fun? Also, are the leaves/twigs edible raw? Thanks! Very helpful video by the way.

I would have loved to try that, but I'm not comfortable with the risk. I likely would take too much because I like it or not enough out of paranoia. I fully understand exactly what to do, based on this video, which leaves nothing to question. However, if I was to try it, I would rather someone like you, prepare it for me. You also taught me that Brazilian Pepper is not the same "pink peppercorns" that you can buy at the grocery store. (Although some people can consume Brazilian Pepper corns, some people have very bad reactions to it, so I won't be trying Brazilian Pepper either). I'll stick to many of your other videos for safer food sources and just store this knowledge in my brain for survival situations, not for being adventurous.

My chihuahua wont stop eating these berries!!!! Been over a week now, every day, and he's doing ok. Should I be worried? I dont think I could stop him.

Sir,.. can you please send me the seed of cinnamomum camphora in India....?

I ate the fruit last night, I thought it was edible 🙀🙀🙀… it’s morning now and so far nothing has happened to me 😬

@islandcherokee camphorish.... not all that popular...

Sir. Naku. Karpooram trees seeds . Kavali. Sir. Mi. Phone. No. Eavvandi. 7/11/2020.

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