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Cinnamomum malabatrum (N. Burm.) Bl.
Wild Cinnamon
Botanical Name : Cinnamomum malabatrum (N. Burm.) Bl.
Family : Lauraceae
Synonyms : Laurus malabatrum Burm. f., Cinnamomum iners sensu Gamble
Malayalam Name : Karuppa, Vayana
Hindi Name : Jangli darchini
Tamil Name : Kattukaruvappattai
Kannada Name : Adavi lavangapatte
Large trees, grow up to 20 m height. Bark smooth
or slightly longitudinally cracked, brown in colour
and aromatic. Leaves are opposite or sub-opposite,
oblong, elliptic or sub-obovate- elliptic. Flowers are
small, bisexual, many, pale or greenish white in lax
terminal panicles. Fruits berry.
Cinnamon - botanically known as Cinnamomum
verum is a native species of Sri Lanka and is
endemic to that region. This species has been
introduced long back to India in the wet areas of
southern region and successfully established there
in the homesteads. The southern region of India,
especially Western Ghats holds several species of
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Cinnamomum in wild and some of them are in close
resemblance with that of Cinnamomum verum or the
true Cinnamon. The common example is
Cinnamomum malabatrum or wild cinnamon. The wild
cinnamons of this region are widely used to
adulterate the cultivated cinnamon and also as an
important raw material for the Agarbathy industry.
Karuppa or Cinnamomum malabatrum is a widely
exploited wild species for the purpose of its
commercially valuable bark. This species endemic
to the Western Ghats and is now in a critically
dangerous condition. The species Cinnamomum
malabatrum is exclusively endemic to the southern
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