Cinnamomum iners

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Cinnamomum iners
Cinamon iner NCT.jpg
Trunk and leaves of specimen tree in Cat Tien National Park
Pokok medang teja.jpg
Tree in Malaysia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:
C. iners
Binomial name
Cinnamomum iners
Reinw. ex Bl.
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Cinnamomum aromaticumZoll.
    • Cinnamomum calyculatumMiq.
    • Cinnamomum curtisiiLukman.
    • Cinnamomum dasyanthumMiq.
    • Cinnamomum eucalyptoidesNees
    • Cinnamomum iners var. angustifoliumRidl.
    • Cinnamomum iners var. latumBlume
    • Cinnamomum javanicum var. neglectum(Blume) Meisn.
    • Cinnamomum manillarumLukman.
    • Cinnamomum neglectumBlume
    • Cinnamomum nitidumNees (nom. Illeg.)
    • Cinnamomum nitidum f. AngustifoliumMiq.
    • Cinnamomum nitidum f. BorneenseMiq.
    • Cinnamomum nitidum var. iners(Reinw. ex Blume) Miq.
    • Cinnamomum nitidum var. oblongifoliumBlume
    • Cinnamomum nitidum var. spuriumBlume
    • Cinnamomum nitidum var. subcuneatumBlume
    • Cinnamomum rauwolfiiBlume
    • Cinnamomum reinwardtiiMiq.
    • Laurus inersReinw. ex Nees (unresolved)
    • Laurus nitidaRoxb. (Nom. Illeg.)

Cinnamomum iners [3] is a tree species in the family Lauraceae [4] described by Reinwardt and Blume. [5] [6] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. [5] It occurs naturally in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and southern China. [1]

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In Malay C. iners is called pokok medang teja; in Vietnamese it may be called: quế rừng, quế giả, quế lá to, quế lợn, hậu phác, or hậu phác nam.

Description

Cinnamomum iners is an evergreen tree growing up to 20 m in height; the branches have opposite twigs, robust and angular, sometimes tetragonal, glabrescent. Leaves are subopposite, ovate to elliptic, measuring 120–350 mm long and 60–85 mm broad. They are glabrous and the base of the leaf is wedge-shaped with a blunt apex (see illustrations); petioles are more or less pubescent, have a reddish brown colour and 10–30 mm in length. Flowers small and bisexual, pubescent, grouped in axillary or terminal panicles; these inflorescences are 60–260 mm in length. Fruits are ovoid in shape, typically 10 mm long and 7 mm in width. Trees bloom and start to bear fruit from March to June. [7]

Habitat

This species grows in moist woods and thickets, up to 1000 metres elevation. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 de Kok, R. (2019). "Cinnamomum iners". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T62020057A62020059. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T62020057A62020059.en .
  2. ↑ "Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Blume". The Plant List. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Reinw. ex Bl., 1826 In: Bijdr. 570
  4. ↑ "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  6. ↑ World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
  7. 1 2 "Cinnamomum iners". Plantes & botanique. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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