Accession Data
Cinnamomum verum
Common Name: Ceylon Cinnamon
Family: Lauraceae
Country of Origin: Sri Lanka, south-west India and the Tenasserim Hills of Burma
Description: Small tree, to 30 feet; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, to 7 inches long, obtuse or acute; panicles as long as leaves; flowers inconspicuous, yellowish.
Uses: Cinnamon is an ancient spice mentioned several times in the Old Testament. There are other species of Cinnamon but Ceylon Cinnamon has a more delicate aroma and is the dominating quality on the Western market. Stems and twigs are cut off the tree and the bark is peeled off the cutting. The inner bark curls into "quills" or cinnamon sticks as it dries. Imperfect sticks are turned into ground cinnamon. The bark is also used as an astringent and stimulant while also relieving flatulence.
While this plant may have been native to Asia and the Myanmar region, over time it has been naturalized in various parts of the world. Some information suggests ancient Egyptians used this plant as an embalming agent and while it moved to Europe, cinnamon became deeply incorporated in the culinary world.
Data suggests that consuming Cinnamon regularly has positive effects on cardiovascular health. Cinnamon has been used to relieve nausea, vomiting, heart palpitations. and heart ailments.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9b-11
Accession #: 198800172
Accession Date: 1988-01-20
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3106
Quantity: 1
Source: Unknown
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
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References
- Gernot Katzer's Spice Dictionary dead link. Last attempted access on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- Plants and Society by Estelle Levetin and Karen McMahon
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- Cinnamomum verum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Simon A. Eugster (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- Priyanga Ranasinghe, Shehani Pigera, Sirimal Premakumara, Priyadarshani Galappaththy, Godwin R Constantine, Prasad Katulanda, Medicinal properties of 'true' cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum): a systematic review, BMC Complement Altern Med. 2013; 13: 275. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
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