Pimenta paganii
Cinnamon Tree
Pimenta racemosa
(Mill.) J.W.Moore Species
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- Botanical name
- Pimenta racemosa
- Also known as
- Bay Leaf, Bay Rum Tree, Bay-Rum-Tree, Bayberry, Bayrom Tree, Cinnamon Bush, Cinnamon Tree, West Indian Bay, West Indian Bay Tree
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Pimenta
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Cinnamon Tree
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Pimenta racemosa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Caryophyllus racemosus
Pimenta officinalis var. cumanensis
Others in Pimenta
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