Cinnamomum verum J. Presl
കറുവപ്പട്ട
| Family: | LAURACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Cinnamon | ||||
| Synonym: | Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume | ||||
| Common Name: | Edana, Kachakam, Karuva, Vayana | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | March - April | ||||
| Distribution: | South West India and Sri Lanka | ||||
| Habitat: | Evergreen and riparian forests, also cultivated | ||||
| Uses: | The bark of this tree is used as a spice seasoning for meat, sauces, baked goods and drinks. Oil extracted from the leaves is also used as a flavouring agent in snacks. Oil is extracted from the bark and used in pharmaceutical and dental preparations. Wood has very good working qualities. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Trees, to 20 m high, bark brown, rough, cracks vertical. Leaves simple, ovate, elliptic ovate, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, in terminal and axillary, pale yellow, silky, tube campanulate, lobes 6. Stamens 9 perfect, introrse; staminodes 3. Ovary half inferior, sessile. Fruit a berry, ellipsoid to oblong-ovoid, dark purple, surrounded by the enlarged perianth. | ||||