Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T.Nees & Eberm.

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lauraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Laurus tamala Buch.-Ham.; Cinnamomum albiflorum Nees; Cinnamomum lindleyi Lukman.; Cinnamomum reinwardtii Nees; Cinnamomum tamala var. albiflorum (Nees) Meisn.; Cinnamomum tamala var. elliptifolium Baruah & S.C.Nath; Cinnamomum veitchii Lukman.; Cinnamomum zwartzii Lukman.; Laurus albiflora Wall.; Laurus cassia Roxb.; Laurus culilawan Reinw. ex Meisn.; Laurus sailyana Buch.-Ham.; Laurus soilyana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Laurus triplinervia Reinw. ex Nees; Persea tamala Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T.Nees & Eberm.
  • Common name : Bay laurel
  • Vernacular name :
    • Tajpatra (Oria)
    • Tejpata (Hindi)
    • Talisa patri (Telugu)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Occasionally planted
  • Flower, Fruit : January-February
  • Collector(s) Name : H.O.Saxena
  • Collection Date : 28/01/1978
  • Collection Nos : RRL 3144
  • Collection Locality : RRL medicinal plants garden, Odisha
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district (FRLHT Campus)
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Kalhandi district, Khurda district
    • Jharkhand :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Akhil Baruah & Suban C. Nath (2008). Cinnamomum tamala var. elliptifolium var. nov. (Lauraceae) from North-east India.
    • Deb, D.B. (1981-1983) The Flora of Tripura State. Vols. 2, Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.
    • Nordic J. Bot. 26(3-4): 203. fig. 1. 2008.
    • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cinnamomum tamala. Downloaded on 11 November 2024.

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