Cinnamomum bejolghota (Buch.-ham.) Sweet

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Cinnamomum

Characteristics

Small to large trees, 5-25 m tall, up to 30 cm d.b.h. Bark green, scented. Branches always opposite, robust; branchlets terete or obtusely tetragonous, red-brown when dry, puberulent initially soon glabrate. Buds small, ovoid; bud scales densely sericeous. Leaves subopposite; petiole robust, 1-1.5 cm, plano-convex; leaf blade greenish or yellow-green and ± glaucous abaxially, green and shiny adaxially, elliptic-oblong, 12-30 × 4-9 cm, thickly leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, trinerved or triplinerved, basal lateral veins arising 0.5-1.5 cm above leaf base, oblique, lateral veins and midrib extending to leaf apex, conspicuously elevated abaxially, slightly impressed or elevated adaxially, transverse veins and veinlets reticulate, slightly conspicuous abaxially, inconspicuous adaxially, base subrounded or attenuate, margin entire, apex obtuse, acute, or acuminate. Panicle axillary on upper part of branchlet, 13-16 cm, densely many flowered, much branched; branches ca. 3 cm; peduncle 7-11 cm, peduncle and rachis sparsely gray pubescent. Pedicels 4-6 mm, gray pubescent. Flowers yellow, up to 6 mm. Perianth tube short, obconical, ca. 1 mm; perianth lobes 6, ovate-oblong, ca. 5 × 2.5 mm, acute, gray pubescent except apex subglabrous on both surfaces. Fertile stamens 9, ca. 3.5 mm (of 1st and 2nd whorls) or ca. 3.7 mm (of 3rd whorl); filaments complanate, those of 3rd whorl each with 2 long stalked orbicular-reniform glands, others glandless; anthers of 1st and 2nd whorls ovate-oblong, almost as long as filaments and with introrse cells, those of 3rd whorl narrower, oblong, ca. 1.7 mm, with extrorse cells. Staminodes 3, conspicuous, sagittate-deltoid, ca. 3 mm, long stalked. Ovary oblong, ca. 1.5 mm; style slender, up to 3 mm; stigma discoid. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 1.3 × 0.8 cm, green when fresh; perianth cup in fruit yellow but purple-red tinged, somewhat dilated, obconical, apex up to 7 mm wide, dentate, teeth truncate; fruit stalk purple, somewhat dilated. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jul.
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An evergreen tree. It grows between 5-25 m tall. The bark is green. The leaves are almost opposite. They are narrowly oval and 12-30 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. The flowers are small and have both sexes together. They are yellow and hairy. They are in dense panicles 13-16 cm long and in the axils of leaves. The fruit are narrowly oval and 13 mm long by 8 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 20.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Sparse or dense forestson mountain slopes and in valleys; at elevations from 600-1,800 metres in southern China.
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A tropical plant. It grows in forests between 600-1,800 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The aromatic leaves are used as a spice. They are used with meat and fish. The young fruit are eaten as chutney.
Uses essential oil food material medicinal spice wood
Edible barks fruits leaves roots
Therapeutic use Common cold (bark), Cough (bark), Dyspepsia (bark), Gallbladder diseases (bark), Liver diseases (bark), Toothache (bark), Urination disorders (bark), Diuretics (leaf), Foodborne diseases (leaf), Sclerosis(Spleen) (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Habit

Cinnamomum bejolghota habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cinnamomum bejolghota leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Cinnamomum bejolghota leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cinnamomum bejolghota world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Cinnamomum bejolghota threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:463310-1
WFO ID wfo-0000604917
COL ID 5YVFZ
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Laurus soncaurium Laurus bazania Laurus bezolghota Cinnamomum obtusifolium Cinnamomum sikkimense Cinnamomum bazania Cinnamomum bejolghota Cinnamomum van-houttei Laurus obtusifolia Laurus bejolghota Laurus macrophylla

Lower taxons

Cinnamomum bejolghota var. jarainum Cinnamomum bejolghota var. pubescens