• Family : LAURACEAE
  (Laurel Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAURACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Cinnamomum alexei Kosterm.; Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cinnamomum verum J.Presl
• Common name : True Cinnamon Tree, Cinnamon
• Vernacular name : Dalchini (Hindi); Dalchini (Kannada); Twak (Sanskrit); Sanalinga, Dalchini chekka (Telugu); Dalchini (Oria); Edana, Elavangam, Erikkolam, Ilavargam, Kachakam, Thamala, Vayana, Kunthakaimaram, Karuva (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen and riparian forests, also cultivated
• Comments / notes : often cultivated on hills for its bark and leavs which is used as a spice
• Flower, Fruit : December-July
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 23/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0454
• Collection Locality : Bhubaneswar, Khurdha district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Khurda district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cinnamomum verum. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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