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Medicinal Plants. FRLHT. Bangalore p. 324.<br />
Http://www/worldforestrycentre.org<br />
Propagation Protocol <strong>of</strong> Cinnamomum sulphuratum<br />
1. Introduction<br />
Current Name: Cinnamomum sulphuratum Nees.<br />
Family: Lauraceae<br />
Synonym: Cinnamomum perrotteti<br />
Venacular names<br />
Kannada: Pinga dalchinni, Matta dalchinni<br />
Malayalam; Kattu karuva<br />
Tamil; Kattu lavangam<br />
2. Botani description<br />
A small to medium sized tree, about 8 tall and about 70 cm girth. Bark<br />
smooth, reddish brown outside, dull red inside, with a strong aromatic smell.<br />
Young branches slender, angular, with dense minute yellowish-brown<br />
adpressed tomentose hairs. Leaves opposite and sub-opposite, 4-12 x 2-4.5<br />
cm, oblong or elliptic-oblong, base rounded or acute, apex acute, slightly<br />
lea<strong>the</strong>ry, hairless, glossy, tomentose, bluish grey beneath, with 3 basal<br />
nerves; young leaves with tomentose hairs below, gradually becoming<br />
hairless when old, distinctly stalked. Flowers bisexual about 2-4 mm long,<br />
distinctly stalked, greenish yellow, in terminal and axillary 10-14 cm long<br />
panicles Berries oblong-ellipsoid, 1 x 1.5 cm, smooth, hairless, seated on<br />
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