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Cinnamomum malabatrum
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Cinnamomum malabatrum, wild cinnamon, country cinnamon also known as malabathrum, is a tree in the family Lauraceae that is endemic to Western Ghats of India. It can grow up to 15 m (49 ft) tall. It has aromatic leaves that are used for culinary and medicinal purposes. It is thought to have been one of the major sources of the medicinal plant leaves known in classic and medieval times as malabathrum. It is locally known as Edana, Therali or Vazhana in Kerala.
- Family
- Lauraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Cinnamomum malabatrum
- Slug
- cinnamomum-malabatrum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Cinnamomum
- Species
- malabatrum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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