Cinnamomum is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The species of Cinnamomum have aromatic oils in leaves and bark. The genus contains over 300 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Oceania and Australasia. Notable species are Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, also known as C. verum), Cassia (C. aromaticum, also known as C. cassia), Camphor (C. camphora), and Indian bay leaf or tej pat (C. tejpata).

Species

partial list

• C. acuminatifolium Hayata 1915
• C. acuminatissimum Hayata 1913
• C. acutatum Kosterm. 1961
• C. africanum Lukmanoff 1889
• C. aggregatum (Sims & sine ref.) Pilip. 1954
• C. alainii (C.K.Allen) Kosterm. 1988, Alain 1982
• C. alatum Lukmanoff 1889
• C. albiflorum Nees 1831
• C. albiflorum var. kwantungensis H. Liu 1934
• C. albiflorum var. tonkinensis Lecomte 1914
• C. alcinii (Allen) Kosterm. 1988
• C. alexei Kosterm. 1969
• C. alibertii Lukmanoff 1889
• C. alternifolium Kosterm. 1970
• C. altissimum Kosterm. 1988
• C. ammannii Lukmanoff 1889
• C. amoenum (Nees & Mart.) Kosterm. 1961
• C. amoenum (Nees) Kosterm. 1961
• C. amplexicaule (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kosterm. 1961
• C. amplifolium (Mez & Donn.Sm.) Kosterm. 1961
• C. anacardium Kosterm. 1986
• C. andersonii Lukmanoff 1889
• C. angustifolium Lukmanoff 1889
• C. angustitepalum Kosterm. 1969
• C. antillanum (Meisn.) Kosterm. 1988
• C. antillarum Lukmanoff 1889
• C. appelianum Schewe 1925
• C. arbusculum Kosterm. 1970
• C. archboldianum C. K. Allen 1942
• C. areolatocostae (C. arelato-costae) (Allen) Kosterm. 1988
• C. areolatum (Lundell) Kosterm. 1961
• C. areolatum (Lundell) Kosterm. 1961
• C. arfakense Kosterm. 1986
• C. argenteum Gamble 1914
• C. aromaticum Nees 1831
• C. arsenei (C.K.Allen) Kosterm. 1961
• C. asa-grayi Lukmanoff 1889
• C. assamicum Luckmanoff 1889
• C. aubletii Lukmanoff 1889
• C. aureo-fulvum Gamble 1910
• C. australe Vattimo-Gil 1962
• C. austro-sinensis Hung T. Chang 1959
• C. austroyunnanense (C. austro-yunnanense) H.W. Li 1978
• C. bahianum Lukmanoff 1889
• C. bahiense Vattimo-Gil 1977
• C. baileyanum (F.Muell. ex F. M. Bailey) Francis 1951
• C. baillonii
• C. balansae
• C. bamoense
• C. barbato-axillatum
• C. barbeyanum
• C. barlowii
• C. bartheifolium
• C. barthii
• C. bazania
• C. beccarii
• C. bejolghota
• C. bengalense
• C. biafranum
• C. bintulense
• C. birmanicum
• C. blumei
• C. bodinieri
• C. bonii
• C. bonplandii
• C. borneense
• C. bourgeauvianum
• C. boutonii
• C. brachythyrsum
• C. bractefoliaceum