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Brown Bollywood

Cinnamomum baileyanum

Also called Pepperwood

Brown Bollywood
Photo: Centre for National Biodiversity Research, CC BY 4.0

Cinnamomum baileyanum is a rainforest tree from eastern Queensland, Australia, reaching up to 20 m, grown mainly as a shade or street tree in warm climates. It is not a common houseplant and is best suited to frost-free gardens with reasonable rainfall.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly when young and during dry spells; established trees tolerate seasonal drought.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Warm tropical to subtropical conditions; protect young trees below about 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. to SE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cinnamomum baileyanum, commonly known as candlewood or pepperwood, is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to eastern Queensland, Australia. It was first described in 1951 and has a conservation status of least-concern.

Where it grows

It is endemic to Queensland and is found in rainforest and drier forests. It occurs in disjunct populations from the top of Cape York Peninsula to South East Queensland, but is not present in Central Queensland.

Other Cinnamomum plants

Camphora glandulifera · Selasian Wood · Cinnamon · Cinnamomum angustitepalum · Camphora bodinieri · Padang cassia · Cinnamomum calciphilum · Cambodia cinnamom · Camphora officinarum · Cinnamomum capparu-coronde · Laurels · Cebu Cinnamon Tree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cinnamomum baileyanum 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.

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