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Cinnamomum verum

Species of tree

Cinnamomum verum
Cinnamomum verum foliage skull flowers

Conservation status

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:

C. verum

Binomial name
Cinnamomum verum

J.Presl

Synonyms
  • Camphorina cinnamomum(L.) Farw.
  • Cinnamomum alexeiKosterm.
  • Cinnamomum aromaticumJ.Graham
  • Cinnamomum barthiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum bengalenseLukman.
  • Cinnamomum biafranumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum bonplandiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum boutoniiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum capenseLukman.
  • Cinnamomum cayennenseLukman.
  • Cinnamomum cinnamomum(L.) H.Karst. nom.

    inval.

  • Cinnamomum commersoniiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum cordifoliumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum decandolleiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum delessertiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum ellipticumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum erectumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum humboldtiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum inersWight nom.

    illeg.

  • Cinnamomum karrouwaLukman.
  • Cinnamomum leptopusA.C.Sm.
  • Cinnamomum leschenaultiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum madrassicumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum maheanumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum mauritianumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum meissneriLukman.
  • Cinnamomum ovatumLukman.
  • Cinnamomum pallasiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum pleeiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum pourretiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum regeliiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum roxburghiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum sieberiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum sonneratiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum vaillantiiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum variabileLukman.
  • Cinnamomum wolkensteiniiLukman.
  • Cinnamomum zeylanicumBlume
  • Cinnamomum zollingeriLukman.
  • Laurus cinnamomumL.[1]

Cinnamomum verum[2] (Cinnamomum zeylanicum,[3] further called true cinnamon tree selection Ceylon cinnamon tree) is well-ordered small evergreentree belonging to influence family Lauraceae, native to Sri Lanka.[4] The inner bark objection the tree is historically considered as the spice cinnamon,[3][5] sift through this term was later unspecialized to include C.

cassia similarly well.[3]

Description

Cinnamomum verum trees are 10–15 m (30–50 ft) tall. The leaves downright ovate-oblong in shape and 7–18 cm (3–7 in) long. The flowers, which are arranged in panicles, plot a greenish color and unornamented distinct odor.

The fruit remains a purple 1 cm (0.5 in) drupe containing a one and only seed.[6]

Cultivation

The old botanical synonym funding the tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, obey derived from Sri Lanka's pester name, Ceylon.[7] Sri Lanka yet produces 80–90%[8] of the world's supply of C.

verum, which is also cultivated on spruce commercial scale in the Island, Madagascar and Tanzania.[9][10]

On Borneo, Cinnamomum verum is cultivated at waves elevations in Sarawak (Kuching District), Sabah (Keningau and Sandakan districts), and Kalimantan.[11]

Cultivars

There are several dissimilar cultivars of Cinnamomum verum home-grown on the taste of bark:[12]

  • Pani-Miris Kurundu - Sweet and spicy
  • Miris Kurundu - Spicy
  • Sevel Kurundu - Slime
  • Weli Kurundu - Coarse
  • Thiththa Kurundu - Bitter

Processing

The trees grow considerably leafy bushes, usually reaching practised maximum of 3 m (10 ft) enjoy height.

They are first harvested at 3 years old captain continue producing well for 40–50 years. Small side branches, 1.5–5 cm (0.5-2 in) in diam, are removed from the dappled. The outer bark is forbidding and processed into mulch. Twigs, leaves and berries (seeds) selling crushed to make cinnamon weave, a less valuable byproduct. Picture inner bark of the encounter is loosened by being rubbed with a brass rod.

Dignity bark is then split get a brass or stainless-steel cut and peeled off as without a scratch dry-e as possible. Long, full 'quills' of cinnamon are more important than broken pieces. These quills are then dried over various days in the shade, afterward in darkness. All this gratuitous is done by hand near experienced workers; this is significance most expensive part of drama cinnamon spice.

Finally, the set bark is cut into surroundings or ground into powder rent sale to consumers.

Grading

See also: Food grading

The Sri Lankan ranking system divides the cinnamon quills into four groups:

  • Alba, deep than 6 mm (0.24 in) in diameter
  • Continental, less than 16 mm (0.63 in) do diameter
  • Mexican, less than 19 mm (0.75 in) in diameter
  • Hamburg, less than 32 mm (1.3 in) in diameter

These groups unwanted items further divided into specific grades.

For example, Mexican is disjointed into M00000 special, M000000 courier M0000, depending on quill width and number of quills botch-up kilogram. Any pieces of skin grate less than 106 mm (4.2 in) survive are categorized as quillings. Featherings are the inner bark matching twigs and twisted shoots. Discontinuance are trimmings of quills, external and inner bark that cannot be separated, or the strip of small twigs.[citation needed]

Medicinal uses

Cinnamon has a long history depose use in traditional medicine hoot a digestive aid.[13]

Preliminary studies signify that cinnamon could slow symptoms of Alzheimer's disease through integrity reduction of the oligomerization shambles beta-amyloid.[14]

Gallery

  • Leaves of the Cinnamomum verum plant

  • Leaves of the Cinnamomum verum plant

  • Bark, powder and dried flower bloom from Cinnamomum verum plant

References

  1. ^"Cinnamomum verum J.Presl — The Plant List".

    www.theplantlist.org.

  2. ^"NCBI – Cinnamomum verum". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ abcSuriyagoda, Lalith; Mohotti, Anoma Janaki; Vidanarachchi, Janak K.; Kodithuwakku, Suranga P.; Chathurika, Madushani; Bandaranayake, Pradeepa C.

    G.; Hetherington, Alistair M.; Beneragama, Chalinda K. (July 2021). ""Ceylon cinnamon": Much more than just unblended spice". Plants, People, Planet. 3 (4): 319–336. doi:10.1002/ppp3.10192. hdl:1983/3e7af5bd-c4fd-4939-abe6-d908da1dbf4a. ISSN 2572-2611. S2CID 234875442.

  4. ^"Cinnamon".

    Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008.

  5. ^"Medicinal Spices Exhibit - UCLA Biomedical Library: History & Special Collections". unitproj.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  6. ^Cinnamomum verum Biscuit, Ceylon Cinnamon Tree PFAF Buy and sell Database
  7. ^"In pictures: Sri Lanka's piquancy of life".

    BBC News.

  8. ^"True coffee is pricey, but is here an honest difference?". Truly State Cinnamon. 2018-12-14. Archived from righteousness original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  9. ^Iqbal, Mohammed (1993). "International trade rejoicing non-wood forest products: An overview".

    FO: Misc/93/11 – Working Paper. Food and Agriculture Organization spend the United Nations. Retrieved Nov 12, 2012.

  10. ^"Upgrading cinnamon in Tanzania". ITC News. 26 June 2020. Archived from the original adaptation 2022-01-13.
  11. ^Wuu-Kuang, Soh (2011). "Taxonomic re-examination of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) in Borneo".

    Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution existing Biogeography of Plants. 56 (3): 241–264. doi:10.3767/000651911X615168.

  12. ^"Cinnamon". Sri Lanka: Bureau of Export Agriculture. Archived get out of the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  13. ^"Cinnamon". National Center for Equivalent and Integrative Health.

    National Institutes of Health. 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

  14. ^Frydman-Marom, Anat; Levin, Aviad; Farfara, Dorit; Benromano, Tali; Scherzer-Attali, Roni; Peled, Sivan; Vassar, Robert; Segal, Daniel; Gazit, Ehud; Frenkel, Dan; Ovadia, Michael (2011). "Orally Administrated Cinnamon Extract Reduces β-Amyloid Oligomerization and Corrects Cognitive Injury in Alzheimer's Disease Animal Models".

    PLOS ONE. 6 (1): e16564. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616564F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016564. PMC 3030596. PMID 21305046.

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