Cinnamomum verum J.Presl
Distribution
Native to:
Sri Lanka
Introduced into:
Angola, 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.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Camphorina cinnamomum (L.) Farw. in Druggists' Circ. 62: 535 (1918)
- Cinnamomum cinnamomum (L.) H.Karst. in Deut. Fl.: 503 (1881), not validly publ.
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. commune Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 13 (1864), not validly publ.
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. vulgare Hayne in Getreue Darstell. Gew. 12: t. 20 (1833), not validly publ.
- Laurus cinnamomum L. in Sp. Pl.: 369 (1753)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Camphora mauritiana Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 22 (1878)
- Cinnamomum alexii Kosterm. in Reinwardtia 7: 454 (1969)
- Cinnamomum aromaticum J.Graham in Cat. Pl. Bombay: 173 (1839), not validly publ.
- Cinnamomum carolinense var. oblongum Kaneh. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 452 (1932)
- Cinnamomum iners Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 1: t. 122 bis (1839)
- Cinnamomum karrouwa Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 8 (1878)
- Cinnamomum leptopus A.C.Sm. in J. Arnold Arbor. 32: 31 (1951)
- Cinnamomum maheanum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 8 (1878)
- Cinnamomum maheanum var. karrouwa Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 8 (1878)
- Cinnamomum mathewianum Remya Kr., E.S.S.Kumar, Radhamany, Valsalad. & R.Jagad. in Int. J. Advanced Res. 2(7): 29 (2014)
- Cinnamomum riedelii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 6 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 11, 568 (1825)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. antillanum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum asperifolium Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. barthii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. bengalense Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. biafranum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. bonplandii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. boutonii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. capense Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cassia Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 14 (1864)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cayennense Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum chartaceum in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. commersonii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cordifolium Hayne in Getreue Darstell. Gew. 12: t. 21 (1833)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cordifolium Blume ex Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. decandollei Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. delessertii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. ellipticum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. erectum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. foeniculaceum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 14 (1864)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. humboldtii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 6 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. inodorum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 13 (1864)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. leschenaultii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 6 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. madrassicum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. mauritianum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. meissneri Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. microphyllum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 14 (1864)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. ovatum Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. pallasii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 6 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. pleei Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. pourretii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. regelii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. roxburghii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 6 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. sieberi Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. sonneratii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 5 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. subcordatum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 14 (1864), nom. illeg.
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. vaillantii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. variabile Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. wolkensteinii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 6 (1878)
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. zollingeri Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 4 (1878)
- Laurus cassia Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 91 (1768)
- Laurus cinnamifera Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 412 (1812)
- Laurus cinnamomea Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 343 (1796)
- Laurus cinnamomum makoyanum Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 39 (1870)
- Laurus culitlaban Buch.-Ham. ex Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 74 (1831)
- Laurus montana Link ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 13 (1864)
- Laurus rigida Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 2570 (1830)
- Persea cinnamomum Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 267 (1825)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
- Bosser, J., Cadet, T., Guého, J. & Marais, W. (1982). Flore des Mascareignes 153-160: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Dao, N.K. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 20: 1-698. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
- Florence, J. (2004). Flore de la Polynésie Française 2: 1-503. IRD editions, Paris.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Köhler, E., Rohwer, J.G., Lepper, L. & Gutiérrez Amaro, J.E. (2014). Flora de la republica de Cuba : Serie A, Plantas vasculares 19: 1-124, 1-86, 1-54.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2012). The Lauraceae collected in Brazil by Ludwig Riedel - I. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 185-216.
- Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2013). The collections of Lauraceae in the herbarium of Henri Van Heurck (AWH). Plant ecology and evolution 146: 360-383.
- Soh, W.K. (2011). Taxonomic revision of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) in Borneo. Blumea 56: 241-264.
- Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 7: 1-499. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- (2022). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.539.2.3. epublication.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Bosser, J., Cadet, T., Guého, J. & Marais, W. (1982). Flore des Mascareignes 153-160: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2012). The Lauraceae collected in Brazil by Ludwig Riedel - I. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 185-216.
- Soh, W.K. (2011). Taxonomic revision of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) in Borneo. Blumea 56: 241-264.
- Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 7: 1-499. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
- Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
- RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
- RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
- Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 1, 2002 | Etuge, M. [2037], Cameroon | K000008435 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1978 | Gillespie, J.W. [2718], Fiji | K000778745 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1972 | Zollinger, H. [580], Jawa | K000350931 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
s.coll. [s.n.], Jawa | K000350933 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Timberlake, J. [s.n.], Malawi | K000614784 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Jawa | K000350932 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2573] | Laurus cinnamomum | K001116478 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2573] | Laurus cinnamomum | K001116479 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2573], India | Laurus cinnamomum | K001116480 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2573] | Laurus cinnamomum | K001116476 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2573] | Laurus cinnamomum | K001116482 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2573] | Laurus cinnamomum | K001116477 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2573] | Laurus cinnamomum | K001116481 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1978 | Wilde, W.J.J.O de. [13999], Sumatera | Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cordifolium | K000778671 | isotype | Yes |
Worthington, T.B. [2461], Sri Lanka | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | K000576049 | Yes | ||
Chun, N.K. [43739], Hainan | Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. ovatum | K000778585 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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