Cinnamomum iners

Cinnamomum iners[2] is a tree species in the family Lauraceae[3] described by Reinwardt and Blume.[4][5] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[4] It occurs naturally in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and southern China and south-eastern Tibet.[6][7]

Cinnamomum iners
Trunk and leaves of specimen tree in Cat Tien National Park
Tree in Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:
C. iners
Binomial name
Cinnamomum iners
Synonyms

Cinnamomum aromaticum Zoll.
Cinnamomum calyculatum Miq.
Cinnamomum curtisii Lukman.
Cinnamomum dasyanthum Miq.
Cinnamomum eucalyptoides Nees
Cinnamomum iners var. angustifolium Ridl.
Cinnamomum iners var. latum Blume
Cinnamomum javanicum var. neglectum (Blume) Meisn.
Cinnamomum manillarum Lukman.
Cinnamomum neglectum Blume
Cinnamomum nitidum Nees (nom. Illeg.)
Cinnamomum nitidum f. Angustifolium Miq.
Cinnamomum nitidum f. Borneense Miq.
Cinnamomum nitidum var. iners (Reinw. ex Blume) Miq.
Cinnamomum nitidum var. oblongifolium Blume
Cinnamomum nitidum var. spurium Blume
Cinnamomum nitidum var. subcuneatum Blume
Cinnamomum rauwolfii Blume
Cinnamomum reinwardtii Miq.
Laurus iners Reinw. ex Nees (unresolved)
Laurus nitida Roxb. (Nom. Illeg.) [1]

In Malay C. iners is called pokok medang teja; in Vietnamese it may be called: quế rừng, quế giả, quế lá to, quế lợn, hậu phác, or hậu phác nam.

Description

Cinnamomum iners is an evergreen tree growing up to 20 m in height; the branches have opposite twigs, robust and angular, sometimes tetragonal, glabrescent. Leaves are subopposed, ovate to elliptic, measuring 120–350 mm long and 60–85 mm broad. They are glabrous and the base of the leaf is wedge-shaped with a blunt apex (see illustrations); petioles are more or less pubescent, have a reddish brown colour and 10–30 mm in length. Flowers small and bisexual, pubescent, grouped in axillary or terminal panicles; these inflorescences are 60–260 mm in length. Fruits are ovoid in shape, typically 10 mm long and 7 mm in width.[7] This species grows in moist woods and thickets, at altitudes up to 1000 m; trees bloom and start to bear fruit from March to June.[7]

  • Drawing of C. iners by J.C.P. Arckenhausen, ~1835

References
  1. "Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Blume". The Plant List. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. Reinw. ex Bl., 1826 In: Bijdr. 570
  3. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
  6. "Discover Life: Point Map of Cinnamomum iners". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. "Cinnamomum iners". Plantes & botanique. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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