Cinnamomum agasthyamalayanum
Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
J.Presl Species
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- Botanical name
- Cinnamomum verum
- Also known as
- Cinnamon
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Cinnamomum
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Cinnamon
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cinnamomum verum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Camphora mauritiana
Camphorina cinnamomum
Cinnamomum alexii
Cinnamomum antillarum
Cinnamomum aromaticum
Cinnamomum barthii
Cinnamomum bengalense
Cinnamomum biafranum
Cinnamomum bonplandii
Cinnamomum boutonii
Cinnamomum capense
Cinnamomum carolinense var. oblongum
Cinnamomum cayennense
Cinnamomum cinnamomum
Cinnamomum commersonii
Cinnamomum cordifolium
Cinnamomum decandollei
Cinnamomum delessertii
Cinnamomum ellipticum
Cinnamomum erectum
Cinnamomum humboldtii
Cinnamomum iners
Cinnamomum karrouwa
Cinnamomum leptopus
Cinnamomum leschenaultii
Cinnamomum madrassicum
Cinnamomum maheanum
Cinnamomum maheanum var. karrouwa
Cinnamomum mathewianum
Cinnamomum mauritianum
Cinnamomum meissneri
Cinnamomum ovatum
Cinnamomum pallasii
Cinnamomum pleei
Cinnamomum pourretii
Cinnamomum regelii
Cinnamomum riedelii
Cinnamomum roxburghii
Cinnamomum sieberi
Cinnamomum sonneratii
Cinnamomum vaillantii
Cinnamomum variabile
Cinnamomum wolkensteinii
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Cinnamomum zeylanicum subsp. antillanum
Cinnamomum zeylanicum unranked chartaceum
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. asperifolium
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cassia
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. commune
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cordifolium
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. cordifolium
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. foeniculaceum
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. inodorum
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. microphyllum
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. subcordatum
Cinnamomum zeylanicum var. vulgare
Cinnamomum zollingeri
Laurus cassia
Laurus cinnamifera
Laurus cinnamomea
Others in Cinnamomum
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