| [Visitor (112.0.*.*)]answers [Chinese ] | Time :2023-08-17 |  Cinnamon is a medium-sized tree in the family Lauraceae with grey-brown bark. Leaves alternately or nearly opposite, oblong to nearly lanceolate, leathery, marginal cartilaginous, involuted, green, shiny, glabrous, stout petioles. Inflorescences axillary or near-apical. Flowers white, tepals lobed, filigree pubescent, flattened, anthers ovate oblong, ovary ovate. The fruit is oval, black-purple when ripe, glabrous, and the fruit tray is shallow cup-shaped. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruit period is from October to December.
It is native to China, but also in India, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia. It likes warm climate, likes humidity, and avoids stagnant water, but excessive rain will cause root rot and leaf rot. Seedlings love shade, and mature trees can only grow normally when they are exposed to more sunlight. This species requires a deep, loose texture, well-drained and highly permeable slightly acidic or acidic sandy loam or loam. Propagation methods include tillers, cuttings and seeds.
The bark of cinnamon is often used as a spice, cooking ingredient and medicinal herb. Its wood can be used to make furniture, and it can also be used as a landscaping tree.
Latin scientific name
Cinnamomum cassiaPresl
alias
Chinese cinnamon, cinnamon, peony, mushroom cinnamon
world
Plant kingdom
door
Vascular phylum
class
Dicotyledons
eye
Camphor
section
Lauraceae
genus
Cinnamomum
seed
cinnamon
Distribution area
China, India, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia
Named by and chronology
Presl，1825 |
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