N. O. I.AHRINETF,. 
1101 
Vern. : — DAlchint (TT.) ; Karruwn (Tam.) ; Sanalingu (Tel.) ; 
Lavanga-patte, dala-cbim (Kan.'. 
Habitat : — Deccan Peninsula ; also Burma, Malay Peninsula 
and Ceylon. 
A large tree, all parts very aromatic. Bark brown rough, 
\ to fin. thick. Wood light-red, moderately hard. Leaves, 
as a rule, opposite, thick, coriaceous, glabrous, upperside shin- 
ing, underside dull, 3-;*> basal nerves. Young foliage pink. 
Panicles as long as or not much longer than the leaves, 
sometimes terminal. Flowers grey-silky, -J-Jin. diam. Fruit 
dark-purple, elongate, ellipsoid, f-lin. long, supported by the 
much enlarged perianth. 
Use : — The bark is officinal in the British Pharmacopeia. 
Three oils are obtained from C. [zeylanicum : the bark yields essential 
oil of cinnamon, to the extent of I to 1 per cent. ; from the leaves is expressed 
a brown visoid "essential oil, sometimes exported from Ceylon as “Clovo Oil ” 
(it has a somewhat similar medicinal value to the true oil of cloves) ; and from 
the root a yellow oil which is specifically lighter than water and has a 
strongly camphoraceous flavour. In their report for April-May, 1904, Sehim- 
mel & Co. discuss several reactions for distinguishing between Ceylon cinna- 
mon oil and cassia oil, with which the former is not infrequently adulterated. 
[Cf. Gildemeister and Hoffmann, Volatile Oils, 1900, 377-92.] 
1088 . C. mctcrocarpum, Hook., h.f.b.i., v. 133 . 
Vern.: — Kama, bahena, tilth i (Malayalam). 
Habitat: — North Kanara. 
An evergreen shrub. Branches slender. Wood rather thinly 
coriaceous, very faintly reticulate beneath. Leaves 5-8in. long, 
l^-3in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, lateral nerves fin 
above the base. Petiole f-lin. Panicles shorter than the leaves 
Fruiting peduncle long, slender for the size of the fruit, which 
is much the largest of the genus. Fruiting perianth apparently 
fleshy together with the thickened pedicel nearly lin. long, 
broadly funnel-shaped, very shortly 6-toothed. Fruit lin. long, 
globosely oblong. 
Use. : — From the root bark, as also the leaves, an oil is pre- 
pared and used as an external medicine (Rheede). 
