Cinnamomum
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Cinnamomum is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The species of Cinnamomum have aromatic oils in their leaves and bark. The genus contains over 300 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Oceania and Australasia.
Notable Cinnamomum species include Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum or C. zeylanicum, also known as "true cinnamon" or Ceylon Cinnamon), Cassia (C. aromaticum or C. cassia), Camphor Laurel (C. camphora), Saigon Cinnamon (C. loureiroi, also known as Vietnamese cinnamon, Vietnamese cassia, or Saigon cassia), Malabathrum (C. tamala, also known as C. tejpata; tejpat or tej pat in Hindi; or, inaccurately, "Indian bay leaf").
Selected species
- Cinnamomum acuminatifolium
- Cinnamomum acuminatissimum
- Cinnamomum acutatum
- Cinnamomum africanum
- Cinnamomum aggregatum
- Cinnamomum alainii
- Cinnamomum alatum
- Cinnamomum albiflorum
- Cinnamomum alcinii
- Cinnamomum alexei
- Cinnamomum alibertii
- Cinnamomum alternifolium
- Cinnamomum altissimum
- Cinnamomum ammannii
- Cinnamomum amoenum
- Cinnamomum amplexicaule
- Cinnamomum amplifolium
- Cinnamomum anacardium
- Cinnamomum andersonii
- Cinnamomum angustifolium
- Cinnamomum angustitepalum
- Cinnamomum antillarum
- Cinnamomum appelianum
- Cinnamomum arbusculum
- Cinnamomum archboldianum
- Cinnamomum areolatocostae
- Cinnamomum areolatum
- Cinnamomum areolatum
- Cinnamomum arfakense
- Cinnamomum argenteum
- Cinnamomum aromaticum - Cassia
- Cinnamomum arsenei
- Cinnamomum asa-grayi
- Cinnamomum assamicum
- Cinnamomum aubletii
- Cinnamomum aureo-fulvum
- Cinnamomum australe
- Cinnamomum austro-sinense
- Cinnamomum austro-yunnanense
- Cinnamomum bahianum
- Cinnamomum bahiense
- Cinnamomum baileyanum
- Cinnamomum baillonii
- Cinnamomum balansae
- Cinnamomum bamoense
- Cinnamomum barbato-axillatum
- Cinnamomum barbeyanum
- Cinnamomum barlowii
- Cinnamomum bartheifolium
- Cinnamomum barthii
- Cinnamomum bazania
- Cinnamomum beccarii
- Cinnamomum bejolghota
- Cinnamomum bengalense
- Cinnamomum biafranum
- Cinnamomum bintulense
- Cinnamomum birmanicum
- Cinnamomum blumei
- Cinnamomum bodinieri
- Cinnamomum bonii
- Cinnamomum bonplandii
- Cinnamomum borneense
- Cinnamomum bourgeauvianum
- Cinnamomum boutonii
- Cinnamomum brachythyrsum
- Cinnamomum bractefoliaceum
- Cinnamomum burmannii
- Cinnamomum camphora - Camphor Laurel
- Cinnamomum cassia (syn. C. aromaticum)
- Cinnamomum caudiferum
- Cinnamomum chartophyllum
- Cinnamomum citriodorum - Malabar cinnamon
- Cinnamomum contractum
- Cinnamomum filipes
- Cinnamomum glanduliferum
- Cinnamomum glaucescens
- Cinnamomum ilicioides
- Cinnamomum impressinervium
- Cinnamomum iners
- Cinnamomum japonicum (syn. C. pedunculatum) - Japanese cinnamon
- Cinnamomum javanicum
- Cinnamomum jensenianum
- Cinnamomum kotoense
- Cinnamomum kwangtungense
- Cinnamomum liangii
- Cinnamomum longepaniculatum
- Cinnamomum longipetiolatum
- Cinnamomum loureiroi - Saigon Cinnamon
- Cinnamomum mairei
- Cinnamomum micranthum
- Cinnamomum migao
- Cinnamomum mollifolium
- Cinnamomum oliveri
- Cinnamomum osmophloeum - Pseudocinnamomum
- Cinnamomum parthenoxylon
- Cinnamomum pauciflorum
- Cinnamomum philippinense
- Cinnamomum pingbienense
- Cinnamomum pittosporoides
- Cinnamomum platyphyllum
- Cinnamomum porphyrium
- Cinnamomum porrectum
- Cinnamomum reticulatum
- Cinnamomum rigidissimum
- Cinnamomum saxatile
- Cinnamomum septentrionale
- Cinnamomum subavenium
- Cinnamomum tamala - Malabathrum or Tejpat
- Cinnamomum tenuipilum
- Cinnamomum tonkinense
- Cinnamomum triplinerve
- Cinnamomum tsangii
- Cinnamomum tsoi
- Cinnamomum validinerve
- Cinnamomum verum - Cinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon, or True Cinnamon
- Cinnamomum virens - Red-barked sassafras, eastern Australia
- Cinnamomum wilsonii
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Cinnamomum". Image Credit.
