Category: Cinnamomum

Cinnamomum glanduliferum (Wall.) Nees (syn: Camphora glandulifera (Wall.) Nees; Cinnamomum cavaleriei H. Lév.; Cinnamomum dominii (H.Lev.) C.F.Ji; Laurus glandulifera Wall.; Machilus dominii H. Lév.; Machilus mekongensis Diels); . China (Yunnan, Sichuan, S-Guizhou), SE-Tibet, India, Nepal, peninsular Malaysia, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Sagaing) as per Catalogue of Life; . Cinnamomum glanduliferum is an evergreen tree […]

Cinnamomum sulphuratum Nees ?;     Plant for ID | 16Apr2010AR01 : 9 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (3) Plant for ID | 16Apr2010AR01 (record photo, photographed from 200 meters distance) Narimale, Brahmagiri hills,  07Dec2008, Elevation – 1405 meters,  Height ~2 meters. Leaf length – 5 inches,  Secondary venation – vertical, I think these are the young […]

Cinnamomum wightii Meisn., Prodr. 15(1): 11 1864. (syn: Cinnamomum ovalifolium Gardner ex Meisn.) ?; This species is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. A single herbarium specimen collected from Coorg district in the early 19th century (deposited in Kew Herbarium, UK) was the only collection from Karnataka. It is rarely seen in Eravikulam […]

Cinnamomum mathewianum Remya, E.S.S. Kumar, Radhamany, Valsala et Jagadeesan, International Journal of Advanced Research (2014), Volume 2, Issue 7, 29-32;      A new species of Cinnamomum from Kerala : 10 posts by 10 authors. Attachments (1) – Cinnamomum mathewianum sp. nov. (Lauraceae) A new species from Kerala, India.pdf  Attached, kindly see the pdf copy […]

Cinnamomum malabatrum (Burm.f.) J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2: 36 1825. (Syn: Cinnamomum malabathricum Lukman.; Cinnamomum malabatrum var. rheedei Lukman.; Cinnamomum malabatrum var. smithii Lukman.; Cinnamomum ochraceum Blume; Cinnamomum rheedii Lukman.;                     Laurus malabatrum Burm.f. ; Cinnamomum iners Reinw.);   Tamil: Kattukaruvappattai Kannada: Adavulavangapatte Habit– Trees up to 15 m tall. Trunk & Bark–Bark smooth, brown, pustular with […]

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Cinnamomum sulphuratum Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 74 1831. ;   Malayalam Kattukaruva Others Kula, Kattu karavu   Trees, to 8 m high, bark smooth, odorless, reddish brown; blaze dull red; branchlets slender, angular, densely, minute sub-appressed, yellow, fulvous, pilose. Apical bud small, densely yellow appressed fulvous pilose. Leaves […]

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Cinnamomum riparium Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 128 1925. ;   Malayalam Aattuvayana   Few collections of C. riparium exist. It occurs along the coast, in the Travancore hills, and Coorg, Western Ghats. This species may also occur in the Travancore hills. A tree of lowland to medium […]

Cinnamomum verum J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2: 36 1823. (syn. Camphorina cinnamomum (L.) Farw.; Cinnamomum aromaticum J.Graham; Cinnamomum barthii Lukman.; Cinnamomum bengalense Lukman.; Cinnamomum biafranum Lukman.; Cinnamomum bonplandii Lukman.; Cinnamomum boutonii Lukman.; Cinnamomum capense Lukman.; Cinnamomum carolinense var. oblongum Kaneh.; Cinnamomum cayennense Lukman.; Cinnamomum cinnamomum (L.) H.Karst. [Invalid]; Cinnamomum commersonii Lukman.; Cinnamomum cordifolium Lukman.; Cinnamomum decandollei […]

Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T.Nees & Eberm., Handb. Med.-Pharm. Bot. 2: 426 1831. (Syn. Cinnamomum albiflorum Nees; Cinnamomum cassia D.Don [Illegitimate]; Cinnamomum lindleyi Lukman.; Cinnamomum pauciflorum var. tazia (Buch.-Ham.) Meisn.; Cinnamomum reinwardtii Nees; Cinnamomum veitchii Lukman.; Cinnamomum zwartzii Lukman.; Laurus albiflora Wall. (Unresolved); Laurus sailyana Buch.-Ham. (Unresolved); Laurus soilyana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (Unresolved); Laurus soncaurium Buch.-Ham. (unresolved); Laurus tamala Buch.-Ham.; […]

Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2: 36 1825. (Syn: Camphora camphora (L.) H.Karst. ….; Laurus camphora L.; Ocotea japonica (Garsault) Thell.; Persea camphora (L.) Spreng.; ….); . Camphor tree, Camphorwood, camphor laurel, shiu leaf, gum camphor, laurel camphor; Karpur (Hindi); pachai karpooram (Tamil: பச்சை கற்பூரம்); karpuram, harathi karpuram in Telugu; . An evergreen tree with […]