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Scientific Name : Cinnamomum verum J.Presl

Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive

Cinnamon is an evergreen tree up to 18 m tall (in cultivation, it is usually a dense bushy plant about 2-3 m high) and the trunk is low-branching, up to 60 cm in diameter. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, and to the Tenasserim Hills of Myanmar. Inflorescence consisting of lax axillary or terminal panicles on the end of twigs up to 10 cm long or longer; peduncle creamy white, softly hairy, 5-7 cm long; flowers small, 3 mm in diameter, with foetid smell, pale yellow, subtended by small ovate hairy bract; perianth 8 mm long, silky hairy, with short campanulate

Specimen Information

  • Common Name(s):

    Daalchini

  • Synonym(s):

    Camphorina cinnamomum (L.) Farw.

  • Family:

    Lauraceae

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    Botany Department (DVP College, Nimgaon Sawa)

  • Created On:

    30-07-2023

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    Phone: 9960072282
    Email: [email protected]

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