Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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2782.000 Cinnamomum
Description of the genus
Evergreen trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, usually strongly 3-veined from the base, sometimes smelling strongly of camphor. Inflorescence of axillary or terminal panicles. Flowers bisexual, sometimes unisexual. Perianth-tube short with 6 equal lobes. Stamens 9 in 3 whorls. Fruit a berry, surrounded by an enlarged cup-like perianth. Worldwide: c. 350 species from Asia to Australia, Fiji, Samoa and tropical America Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| camphora (L.) Nees & Eberm. | Description, Image |
| verum J. Presl |
Other sources of information about Cinnamomum:
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Flora of Zambia: CinnamomumFlora of Zimbabwe: Cinnamomum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CinnamomumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cinnamomum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cinnamomum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cinnamomum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cinnamomum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cinnamomum
JSTOR Plant Science: Cinnamomum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cinnamomum
Plants of the World Online: Cinnamomum
Tropicos: Cinnamomum
Wikipedia: Cinnamomum
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