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Taxon:  Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm.



Summary
Genus:
Cinnamomum
Family:
Lauraceae
Nomen number:
400140
Place of publication:
Handb. med.-pharm. Bot. 2:426. 1831
Verified:
10/05/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Laurus tamala Buch.-Ham.

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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  5. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  6. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  7. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  9. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  12. Werner, W. L. & T. Santisuk. 1993. Conservation and restoration of montane forest communities in Thailand. Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 201. Note: Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht.
  13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
Indian-bark –
Indian-cassia –
India
tejpat –
Transcribed Chinese
chai gui –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengw.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng (w.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India (n.), Nepal
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400140. Accessed 18 May 2025.