Plant Details

Accepted name:: Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm. [Lauraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Neolitsea cassia var. cassia

Neolitsea cassia var. rigescens (Meisn.) Chakrab.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
annan cinnamon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
canela de china	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
canela, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
canela-da-china	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cannelier de chine	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
cannelle de chine	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
casia, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
cassia	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cassia bar	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
cassia bark	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cassia bark oil	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
cassia bark tree	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cassia lignea	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cassia oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
cassia ramita	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cassia twig	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cassiae cortex interior	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
chinazimt	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinese cassia	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinese cinnamon	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ching hua yu-kuei	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cinnamomi cassiae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
cinnamomi cassiae cortex	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cinnamomi centralis cortex	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cinnamomi cortex	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cinnamomi cortex pulveratus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
cinnamomi cortex spissus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
cinnamomi ramulus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cinnamomum cassia	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cinnamomum cassia twig	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cinnamon bark	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cinnamon oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
cinnamon twig	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
coca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cortex cinnamomi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
dalchini	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
daruchini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dawul kurundu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
elavangappattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
false cinnamon	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
gudatvac	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gudatvak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
guei jhih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
guei sin	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gui pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gui zhi	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
guipi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
guizhi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ilavankappattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannan keihi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
karuvappattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keihi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
keishi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kirfa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kudu dawula	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kuei-chíi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kukka karpooram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulit-manis	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lavanga pattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavanga-pattai	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
lavanga-patti	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
lowangapattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lurundu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
macrophyllos cassiabark tree	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
oleum cinnamomi	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
powdered cinnamon bark	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
qirfa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
qirfa (taj)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qirfah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
qorfeh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ramulus cinnamomi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rou guei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rou gui	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rougui	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
rouguiyou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ròuguì	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
róugì	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
saigon cinnamon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sajaz hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saleekha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
salikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sazaj hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shing tsa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shing tsha	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
taj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
taj qalmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taj qalmi nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tezpat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tezpat nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thracham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thwak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toko keihi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tvak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
twa dza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
twak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viet namcinnamon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
zimtcassie	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
قرفه	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
කුඩු දවුල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
දවුල් කුරුඳු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ཤིང་ཚ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ケイヒ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ケイヒ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ケイヒ油	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
桂心	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
桂枝	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
桂皮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
肉桂	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
계수나무가지	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark	dried stem bark	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaf, young branch	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
bark		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
stem bark	dried stem bark	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
twig	dried twigs	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Bark		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Stem		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Bark		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bark, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bark	dried bark	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves, twigs		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
bark	trunk bark, freed of cork	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tree bark		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Bark		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
stem bark	dried stem bark	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
leaf, branch	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf, twig	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
branch, leaf	essential oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
bark of trunk	bark, periderm removed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
branch		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
leaf	dried leaf	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
leaf, twig	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
rind	vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
bark	dried bark	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
bark of trunk		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
bark of trunk		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
leaf, branch	Essential oil obtained by steam distillation of the leaves and young branches	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
branch		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
hojas y ramas tiernas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
bark of the trunk		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl in F.Berchtold & J.S.Presl, Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 44 (1825).
Balanopsis cassia (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 134 (1838).
Camphorina cassia (L.) Farw. Druggists' Circ. 62: 535 (1918).
Laurus cassia L. Sp. Pl.: 369 (1753).
Persea cassia (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 267 (1825).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cinnamomum cassia	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cinnamomum cassia (L.) Blume	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J. Presl	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Cinnamomum cassia (L.) Presl	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cinnamomum cassia (Nees & T.Nees) J. Presl	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Cinnamomum cassia (Nees & T.Nees) J.Presl	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Cinnamomum cassia (Nees) Blume	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Cinnamomum cassia (Nees) Ness ex Blume	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Cinnamomum cassia Bl.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cinnamomum cassia Blume	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Cinnamomum cassia Nees	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cinnamomum cassia Nees ex BI.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cinnamomum cassia Nees ex Blume	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Cinnamomum cassia Presl	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu, 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cinnamomum cassia Pressl.	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Cnnamomum cassia Blume	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Neolitsea cassia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterman	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Neolitsea cassia Kosterman	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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