Cinnamomum verum

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Sectio: C. sect. Cinnamomum
Species: Cinnamomum verum

Name[edit]

Cinnamomum verum J.Presl, 1825

Synonyms[edit]

Camphora mauritiana Lukman.
Camphorina cinnamomum (L.) Farw.
Cinnamomum alexii Kosterm.
Cinnamomum antillarum Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum aromaticum J.Graham, Cat. Bomb. Pl. 173 (1839)
Cinnamomum barthii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum bengalense Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum biafranum Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum bonplandii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum boutonii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 4 (1889)
Cinnamomum capense Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum cayennense Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum cinnamomum Cockerell, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 17: 94 (1890)
Cinnamomum cinnamomum H.Karst., Pharm. Med. Bot. 503 (1881)
Cinnamomum commersonii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum cordifolium Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 4 (1889)
Cinnamomum decandollei Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum delessertii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum ellipticum Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum erectum Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum humboldtii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell Camphr. 6 (1889)
Cinnamomum iners Wight, Ic. t. 122, bis
Cinnamomum leptopus A.C.Sm.
Cinnamomum leschenaultii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 6 (1889)
Cinnamomum longifolium Hort. ex Gentil, Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 55 (1907)
Cinnamomum madrassicum Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum mauritianum Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 4 (1889)
Cinnamomum meissneri Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum maheanum Lukman.
Cinnamomum mathewianum Remya Kr., E.S.S.Kumar, Radhamany, Valsalad. & R.Jagad.
Cinnamomum riedelii Lukman.
Cinnamomum ovatum Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 4 (1889)
Cinnamomum pallasii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 6 (1889)
Cinnamomum pleei Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum pourretii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum regelii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum roxburghii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 6 (1889)
Cinnamomum sieberii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 4 (1889)
Cinnamomum sonneratii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 5 (1889)
Cinnamomum vaillantii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell Camphr. 4 (1889)
Cinnamomum variabile Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell Camphr. 4 (1889)
Cinnamomum verum var. asperifolium Lukman.
Cinnamomum verum var. chartaceum Lukman.
Cinnamomum verum var. commune Nees
Cinnamomum wolkensteinii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 6 (1889)
Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, Bijdr. 11: 568 (1825)
Cinnamomum zeylanicum Nees, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 2: 74 (1831)
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. antillanum Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. barthii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. bengalense Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. biafranum Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. bonplandii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. boutonii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. capense Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cayennense Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. commersonii Blume ex Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. decandollei Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. delessertii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. ellipticum Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. erectum Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. humboldtii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. leschenaultii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. madrassicum Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. mauritianum Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. meissneri Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. ovatum Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. pallasii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. pleei Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. pourretii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. regelii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. roxburghii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. sieberi Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. sonneratii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. vaillantii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. variabile Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. wolkensteinii Lukman.
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. zollingeri Lukman.
Cinnamomum zollingerii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 4 (1889)
Laurus cassia Burm.fil., Fl. Ind. 91 (1768) non L. 1753
Laurus cinnamifera' Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 412 (1812)
Laurus cinnamomea Salisb., Prod. 343 (1796)
Laurus cinnamomum Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 295 (1824)
Laurus culitlaban Buch.-Ham. ex Nees, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 2: 74 (1831)
Laurus montana Link ex Meisn., DC. Prod. 15(1): 13, 237 (1864)
Laurus rigida Wall., Numer. List no. 2570 (1830)
Persea cinnamomum Spreng., Syst. 2: 267 (1825)

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Sri Lanka
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Jawa, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Berchtold, F. & Presl, J.S. 1825. O Prirozenosti Rostlin aneb rostlinar, obsahugjcj popsanj a wyobrazenj 2:36, 37-44, t. 7.

Additional references[edit]

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cinnamomum verum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Cinnamomum verum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cinnamomum verum. Published online. Accessed: June 17 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cinnamomum verum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names[edit]

беларуская: Карычнае дрэва
Deutsch: Ceylon-Zimtbaum
English: True Cinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon
español: Canela
eesti: Tseiloni kaneelipuu
suomi: Ceyloninkaneli, aitokaneli
Nordfriisk: Ceylon-kaneel
français: Cannelier de Ceylan
italiano: Cannella, Cannella o cinnamomo
മലയാളം: കറുവമരം
polski: Cynamonowiec cejloński
සිංහල: කුරුඳු
српски / srpski: Цимет / Cimet
Türkçe: Seylan tarçını

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