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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Blume (LAURACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Medang Teja, Wild Cinnamon, Kayu Manis Hutan

Description

Evergreen tree to 24 m tall with rounded or cylindric bushy crown. Leaves opposite or sub-opposite, 7.5-30 cm long, elliptic, trinerved; young leaves have an attractive pink flush turning yellow subsequently green. Flowers creamy in terminal and axillary clusters. Fruits oblong, c. 1.5 cm long.

Ecology

Common in lowland and hill forests including secondary forest.

Distribution

India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Philippines.

Uses

Often planted as shade tree. The wood is used in the manufacture of fragrant joss sticks.