Cinnamomum verum
COMMON NAME | Ceylon cinnamon
tree |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Lauraceae |
NOTES | A small evergreen
tree usually 30 to 45 ft in height and is a slow-growing plant. The leaves
are ovate-oblong in shape, flowers are greenish in colour and are arranged in
panicles, and the fruit is a purple drupe containing a single seed. Oil
obtained from cinnamon bark is used in dental and pharmaceutical
preparations. It is also used as food flavourings, alike to the stem bark and
oil obtained from the leaves. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, but also
widely cultivated throughout the Tropics. |
NATIVE HABITAT | Forests in moist,
well-drained soils from sea level to 700 metres |
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