non 
IN PI AN MEPK'INAl, PLANTS. 
N. B.-Col.Beddome, Dr.Dymock and others botiovo this to he a variety 
of C. Zevlanicum. 
Uses : — Dr. T\urz ‘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 
hark is used in dyspepsia and liver diseases. 
1086. C. iners, Leinw., H.r.B.i., v. 130, Roxb. 
338 ( under Lamms nitida). 
Vern.\ ■— Jangli-darchini (Hind.) ; Kattn-karurAf pattai (Tam.); 
Adavi-lavanga-patta (Tel.) ; Sikivabo, looleng- kyatv (Bnrm.). 
Habitat : — Tenassarim, Mergui, etc. 
A large tyee. Bark grey, smooth, with horizontal, wavy 
bands, J-^in. thick. Wood light, yellowish-brown, moder- 
ately hard, shining, smooth, scented (Gamble). Brancldets 
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 long. Fruiting perianth rather 
spreading when dry, ^in. diam.; lobes persistent. Fruit 
■jin. 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 ligna 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 
C. Zeylanium of Western and Southern India.” 
1087. C. zeyla,nicum, Breyn., h.f.b.i., v. 131. 
Syn. : — Laurus cinnamomum, Hoxb. 336. 
