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Cinnamomum iners
In Singapore: Wild Cinnamon, Clove Cinnamon, Kayu Manis, Kayu Manis Hutan, Medang Teja, Teja Lawang, 大叶桂 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Cinnamomum iners is a large evergreen tree of the laurel family (Lauraceae), reaching about 20 m, native to moist forests and thickets across Southeast and southern China. It is grown mainly as a shade-tolerant forest or shade tree rather than as a garden or houseplant, so care depends on keeping it warm, humid and well-drained.
Cinnamomum iners is a tree species in the family Lauraceae described by Reinwardt and Blume. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. It occurs naturally in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and southern China.
In Malay C. iners is called pokok medang teja; in Vietnamese it may be called: quế rừng, quế giả, quế lá to, quế lợn, hậu phác, or hậu phác nam.
This species grows in moist woods and thickets, up to 1000 metres elevation.
Selasian Wood · Cinnamon · Camphora bodinieri · Padang cassia · Camphora officinarum · Laurels · Saigon cinnamon · Cinnamomum malabatrum · Turougwi · Camphora septentrionalis · Indian bark · Cinnamomum tenuifolium
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cinnamomum iners 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.
