Cinnamon
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Scientific name
Cinnamomum verum
English Name
Cinnamon
Malayalam name
കറുവാപ്പട്ട മരം
Common name
Ceylon Cinnamon
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Leaves : simple, opposite or subopposite.
- Flowers : pale yellow, bisexual, in terminal and axillary panicles
- Fruit : a berry
- Bark : brown, rough, cracks vertical.
How to use
- The decoction of bark is used to treat stomach, rectum and uterus cancer.
- Ground cinnamon is used in diarrhoea and dysentery for cramps of the stomach, gastric irritation
Uses
Aromatic, stimulant, expectorant and carminative
Parts used
Bark and leaf oil
Conservation
Propagation and Cultivation
Cinnamon can be grown from seed or vegetatively propagated. Seeds should be collected from the pulp of the fruit, washed and dried. Seeds should be planted as soon as possible after extraction as they do not remain viable for long. Seeds should be planted in prepared nursery beds or in polyethylene bags filled with good quality potting soil or aged compost or composted manure. The seedbed or bags should be provided with shading to protect the seedlings and seeds should be kept moist with frequent irrigation
