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
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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]
  • Cinnamomum aromaticumZoll.
  • Cinnamomum calyculatum Miq.
  • Cinnamomum curtisiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum dasyanthum Miq.
  • Cinnamomum eucalyptoidesNees
  • Cinnamomum iners var. angustifolium Ridl.
  • Cinnamomum iners var. latum Blume
  • Cinnamomum javanicum var. neglectum(Blume) Meisn.
  • Cinnamomum manillarum Lukman.
  • 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 iners Reinw. 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]

Contents

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]

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References

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