Cinnamomum verum
Vernacular names
(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)
Haiti:
- kannèl
Dominican Republic:
- canela
Dominica:
- Ceylon cinnamon
- cinnamon
Guadeloupe:
- kannèl
French Guiana:
- kannèl
Martinique:
- kannèl
Botanical description
Tree 8-15 m tall, bark very aromatic. Leaves opposite and subopposite, up to 15 cm long, prominently three-nervate from the base to near the apex, shiny above, glabrous below, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, round on the base; inflorescence a panicle, flowers small whitish-yellow; fruit a berry 1-1.2 cm long, 0.7 cm in diameter.
Voucher(s)
Slane,528,SLNH
Jiménez,1509,JBSD
Pharmacopoeia
Ed.2References
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