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Canella winterana
Also called Canella, Barbasco, Cinnamon Bark, Pepper Cinnamon
Canella winterana, called wild cinnamon, is a small tree from the Caribbean, southern Florida, and parts of Mexico and Venezuela, grown for its aromatic bark and ornamental white bark and crimson fruit. It is a subtropical to tropical tree that needs warmth and shade when young.
Canella is a monospecific genus containing the species Canella winterana, a tree native to the Caribbean, south-eastern Mexico, southern Florida, and Venezuela. Its bark is used as a spice similar to cinnamon, giving rise to the common names cinnamon bark, wild cinnamon, and white cinnamon.
Canella is widely distributed. Amongst the islands of the Caribbean, Canella is native to the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Windward Islands. It is also native to south-eastern Mexico and Venezuela.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Canella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
