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Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni)

Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni)

Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) is a plant species in the Lauraceae family. It is an evergreen tree that can reach a height of up to 15 meters, featuring fragrant bark and slender, angular branches. Its leaves are glossy green and oval-shaped, measuring approximately 10 cm in length and 3–4 cm in width.

C. burmanni produces a bright yellow or whitish sap. Small, yellow flowers bloom in early summer, eventually developing into fruit. The mature fruit has a thick skin and a fragrant aroma. The tree’s wood is also aromatically scented and is utilized in culinary seasoning, perfumes, and medicinal preparations.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum Schaeff. in Bot. Exped.: 74 (1760)
Species: Cinnamomum burmanni (Nees & T.Nees) Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 569 (1826)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cinnamomum burmanni var. kiamis (Nees) Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 17 (1864)
Cinnamomum kiamis Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 75 (1831)
Laurus burmanni Nees & T.Nees in Cinnam. Disp.: 57 (1823)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cinnamomum ammannii Lukman. in Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 7 (1878)
Cinnamomum burmanni var. angustifolium Meisn. (1864)
Cinnamomum burmanni var. chinense (Blume) Meisn. (1864)
Cinnamomum cassia Nees ex Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 570 (1826)
Cinnamomum chinense Blume (1826)
Cinnamomum chinense Nees & T.Nees (1823)
Cinnamomum dulce (Roxb.) Nees (1831)
Cinnamomum dulce var. ammannii Lukman. (1878)
Cinnamomum dulce var. sieboldii Lukman. (1878)
Cinnamomum dulce var. thunbergii Lukman. (1878)
Cinnamomum hainanense Nakai in Fl. Sylv. Kor. 22: 24 (1939)
Cinnamomum indicum Nees & T.Nees (1823)
Cinnamomum kiamis Hassk. in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 87 (1844)
Cinnamomum macrostemon Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 160 (1913)
Cinnamomum miaoshanense S.Lee & F.N.Wei in Guihaia 8: 302 (1988)
Cinnamomum mindanaense Elmer in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 2: 705 (1910)
Cinnamomum mutabile Blume ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 264 (1864)
Cinnamomum nitidum (Roxb.) Hook. in Exot. Fl. 3: t. 176 (1825)
Cinnamomum sieboldii Lukman. (1878)
Cinnamomum suaveolens Lukman. (1878)
Cinnamomum thunbergii Lukman. (1878)
Laurus cinnamomoides Nees in Syst. Laur.: 62 (1836)
Laurus cinnamomum Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 319 (1837)
Laurus dulcis Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 303 (1832)
Laurus nitida Roxb. in Hort. Bengal.: 30 (1814)
Persea dulcis (Roxb.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 268 (1825)
Persea nitida (Roxb.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 156 (1827)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

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.

Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.

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.

Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

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.

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).

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 阴香 - 印尼肉桂
Chinese (traditional): 陰香 - 印尼肉桂
English: Indonesian cinnamon, Java cinnamon, Cinnamon tree, Batavia cinnamon, Padang cassia, Batavia cassia, Cassia vera, Korintje
Filipino: Mindanao cinnamon
Greek: Κανέλα Ινδονησίας - Κασσία του Παντάνγκ
Hong Kong: 陰香
Indonesian: Kayu Manis, Kayumanis, cassia, cassia Indonesia, cassia padang
Japanese: インドグス
Java: Kayu manis
Lithuanian: Burmano cinamonas
Macao: 陰香
Polish: Cynamonowiec burmana
Slovak: Škoricovník Burmanov

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