Cinnamomum lawang

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Cinnamomum lawang
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:
C. lawang
Binomial name
Cinnamomum lawang

Cinnamomum lawang is a species of tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is endemic to Borneo.

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Description

Cinnamomum lawang is a tree growing to 27 m tall, with a trunk 72 cm in diameter. It shares the same type of enlarged fleshy fruit cupule with Cinnamomum crassinervium , but differs in having distinctly stout and quadrangular apical twigs (vs. less angular), 4-locular stamens (vs. 2-locular), cupule perianth lobes not plicate (vs. plicate), and fruit pedicel terete in cross-section (vs. triangular). [3]

Range and habitat

Cinnamomum lawang is found in Sarawak (Sri Aman District) and West Kalimantan. It grows in lowland rain forest. [3]

References

  1. ↑ de Kok, R. (2020). "Cinnamomum lawang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T125917324A125917327. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T125917324A125917327.en . Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Cinnamomum lawang Kosterm. Plants of the World Online . Accessed 9 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 Wuu-Kuang, Soh (2011). Taxonomic revision of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) in Borneo. Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 56, Number 3, 2011, pp. 241-264(24). Naturalis Biodiversity Center DOI: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651911X615168
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