| Common Name : | Cinnamon |
| Botanical Name : | Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
| Family : | Lauraceae |
| Bengali Name : | Daruchini. |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh. |
Suddenly the Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) tree beside my office started to generate new buds for its further exploration. Those colorful immature leafs from that cinnamon plant are nonetheless beautiful than a flower. However, the flowers are small and looks yellow mainly for its stamens. But actually the flowers are greenish white in color where it can have around six petals.
A mature cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) leaf usually looks similar to a 'Bay Leaf' with subtle difference. The new buds from the tree have a lovely color. It is something dark red and having lovely foliage. If you check the images from the article, you'll find how adorable those glossy cinnamon leafs are.
This plant pertains to the family Lauraceae (Lauren family). Botanic name of the plant is Cinnamomum zeylanicum. This is known as Cinnamon widely. In Bangladesh this is known as Darchini, Daruchini, etc. The bark from this plant are widely using as spice in Asia.
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) is famous for its use as a spice. In South Asia (also in other part of Asia) this spice is being used heavily in curries. The spice is obtained from the bark of the Cinnamon plant.
Photos of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) plant were taken from Banani, Dhaka (probably during year 2011/12). This was beside my office, and I believe that plant doesn't exist there now. In Bangla this plant is known as Daruchini (দারুচিনি).
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/
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