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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS, 



N. B— Col. Beddome, Dr.Dymock and others believe this to be a variety 

 of C. Zeylanicum. 



Uses : — Dr. Kurz says the aroma of the bark is variable, 

 and the bark of the root of the Martaban plant is as aromatic 

 as the best Ceylon cinnamon. Dr. Gimlette says in Nepal, the 

 bark is used in dyspepsia and liver diseases. 



1086. C. iners, Leinw., h.f.b.l, v. 130, Roxb. 

 338 (under Laurus nitida). 



Vern.:— Jangli-darchini (Hind.) ; Kattu-karuraf pattai (Tarn.); 

 Adavi-lavanga-patta (Tel.); Sikivabo, looleng-kyaw (Burm.). 

 Habitat : — Tenassarim, Mergui, etc. 



A large tree. Bark grey, smooth, with horizontal, wavy 

 bands, J-Jin. thick. Wood light, yellowish-brown, moder- 

 ately hard, shining, smooth, scented (Gamble). Branchlets 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves opposite, as a rule, glabrous, very 

 variable in breadth, 3-8in. lanceolate, oblong or linear-oblong, 

 rarely ovate and rounded at base, shining above, 3-nerved, 

 nerves continued up to the tip ; sometimes acute at base. Pani- 

 cles slender, long peduncled, often exceeding the leaves, silky, 

 pubescent. Flowers about ^o-in. long. Fruiting perianth rather 

 spreading when dry, Jin. diam.; lobes persistent. Fruit 

 |-in. long, base sunk in the perianth. 



Uses: — Dr. Kurz remarks that he does not know in what 

 this species should differ from the true Cinnamon. The inner 

 bark possesses in the fresh state a powerful cinnamonic odour 

 and taste, and by careful drying and preparation appears cap- 

 able of affording Cassia liana of good quality. The seeds, bruised 

 and mixed with honey or sugar, are given to children in dysen- 

 tery and coughs, and combined with other ingredients in fevers. 



Sir George Watt writes : — " It would seem probable that 

 much of the economic information given in works on Economic 

 Botany, under this species, should be transferred to the 

 G. Zeylanium of Western and Southern India." 



1087. C. zeylanicum, Breyn., h.f.b.l, .v. 131. 



Syn. :— Laurus cinnamomum, Eoxb. 336. 



