Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees [Lauraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bastard cinnamon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canela de la china	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canelero chino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canelle de chine	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
canelle de cochinchine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cannelier casse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cannelier de chine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009)
cassia bark tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cassia lignea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cassia, chinese type, indonesian type and vietnamese type	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
cassia-bark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cassiae flos	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chin. zimtbaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chinazimt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese cinnamon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chinese-cassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinesischer zimt	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
chinesischer zimtbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cinnamomi cassiae cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
cinnamomi chinensis cortex	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cinnamomi flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cinnamomum cassia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinnamomum cassiae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cássia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gui zhi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kassiakanel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oil of cassia, chinese type	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
rou gui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zimtblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
zimtcassie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, twig		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bark, flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Laurus cinnamomum Andrews Bot. Repos. 10: t. 596 (1810), sensu auct.
Cinnamomum aromaticum var. longifolium Lukman. Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 11 (1878).
Cinnamomum cassia var. medium Lukman. Nomencl. Icon. Cannel.: 11 (1878).
Laurus cassia Nees Syst. Laur.: 53 (1836), not validly publ.
Laurus malabathrum Reinw. ex Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 74 (1831), not validly publ.
Laurus zeylanica Lam. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 240 (1864).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cinnamomum aromaticaum Nees.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cinnamomum aromaticum Ness	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Laurus cinnamomum Andr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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