Cinnamon

Family (Lauraceae)

Native to Ceylon and Malabar off the coast of India

 Ceylon Cinnamon Tree
Cinnamomum zeylanicum

          The entire world is familiar with the sweet and pungent taste of cinnamon. Cinnamon is the common name for the trees and shrubs that belong to the genus Cinnamomum of the Laurel family (Lauraceae).

  

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You are bidding on one small seedling with vigorous root systems 3-8 inches tall with * leaves born and grown in Hawaii.

Height: 20-30 ft. (6-9 m)

Hardiness: USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)

Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade

Bloom Color: Pale Yellow

Bloom Time: Late Fall/Early Winter

Foliage: Evergreen

        Cinnamomum Zeylanicum is the source of cinnamon that we commonly buy. Cinnamon has been a favorite spice since biblical times, and since then has evolved many uses. It has played key roles in nutrition, medicine, religion, and the botanical economy. Cinnamon is a major product sold in the U.S. in any given grocery store. It can be bought in its pure form as cinnamon sticks, spice, or oil.

       Bark is cinnamon flavored and also used for a variety of medicinal purposes. Leaves also have some medicinal oil qualities. The trunk is smooth and whitish bark of this tree has a very strong cinnamon scent. The aromatic bark of this tree is ground to make commercial cinnamon, the leaves are used to make perfumes, and the dried, unripe fruits are used in cooking, similar to cloves.

        The Cinnamomum zeylanicum tree is an attractive small tree, up to thirty feet tall, with ovate to ovate-lanceolate leaves. Mature foliage is shiny, light green leaves which can be four to seven inches long. New leaves emerge pale to pinkish. The flowers are inconspicuous, and the panicles of the yellowish flowers are usually longer than the leaves. These panicles bear pointed black fruits from which cinnamon oil is extracted. The cinnamon sticks are made from the bark of the tree and are rolled naturally when the bark is sun-dried. The tree grows best in deep, well-drained, moist soils.

       Cinnamon spice comes primarily from the Sri Lankan cinnamon known as Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Obtained from this tree by drying the central part of the bark, which is then sold in stick or powdered form. The cinnamon oil is extracted from the waste products of drying and the pointed black fruits of this tree. This oil is used for medicinal purposes or flavoring.

      Various varieties of cinnamon exist, only two of which are commercially popular: plain cinnamon -Cinnamomum zeylanicum, and Cassia cinnamon - Cinnamomum aromaticum, native to Burma and South China (not to be confused the Cassia plant). The spice cinnamon is obtained from the young bark of the branches. The two differ in appearance in the fact that the bark of cinnamon is thin and yellowish-brown, and the bark of Cassia is thicker and gray in color. Cinnamomum zeylanicum possesses the stronger aroma, but to deduce the form of the plant from the appearance of the spice is practically impossible.

Cinnamon

Family (Lauraceae)

Native to Ceylon and Malabar off the coast of India

 Ceylon Cinnamon Tree
Cinnamomum zeylanicum

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