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The genus Cinnamomum

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Wood anatomy<br />

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Botany and Crop Improvement of Cinnamon and Cassia 43<br />

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Pearson and Brown (1932), Dadswell and Eckersley (1940) and Stern (1954) carried out<br />

wood anatomical studies on <strong>Cinnamomum</strong> species. Stern (1954) studied the wood<br />

anatomical features of C. camphora and C. porrectum and gave the following description<br />

of xylem features of C. camphora: growth rings distinct, pores 17–35 in a square mm,<br />

angular to circular, tending to angularity, vessel wall thickness 2–4.5 , tyloses<br />

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Figure 2.11 Microscopical features of bark powder of C. cassia. 1, 1a. A single fibre and part of a fibre.<br />

2. Selereids with associated parenchymatous cells. 2a. Different types of selereids.<br />

3. Starch granules. 4. Cork in surface view. 5. Part of phloem in radial longitudinal<br />

section showing a fibre, part of an oil cell (oc), parenchyma, and a medullary ray with<br />

some of the cells containing acicular crystals of calcium oxalate (co). 6. Part of the<br />

phloem in tangential longitudinal section showing an oil cell (oc) with associated fibres,<br />

parenchyma, and part of a medullary ray with some of the cells containing acicular<br />

crystals of calcium oxalate. 7. Selereids and fibre of the pericycle. 8. Part of the cork in<br />

sectional view showing the alternating layers of thin-walled and thicker walled cells.<br />

(Source: Jackson and Snowdon, 1990.)<br />

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