Cinnamomum tenuifolium

Cinnamomum tenuifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:
C. tenuifolium
Binomial name
Cinnamomum tenuifolium
(Makino) Sugim.
Synonyms
  • Cinnamomum brevifolium Miq.
  • Cinnamomum japonicum Sieb.
  • Cinnamomum pedunculatum Nees

Cinnamomum tenuifolium, commonly known as Japanese cinnamon, is an evergreen tree in the genus Cinnamomum. It is a small- or medium-sized tree up to 15 m (49 ft) tall that occurs in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and eastern China (Anhui, Fujian, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces).[2] In China it is under second-class national protection.[3]

  1. ^ de Kok, R. (2020). "Cinnamomum japonicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ Shugang Li; Xi-wen Li; Jie Li; Puhua Huang; Fa-Nan Wei; Hongbin Cui; Henk van der Werff. "Cinnamomum pedunculatum". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. ^ "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.