Cinnamomum riparium

Cinnamomum riparium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:
C. riparium
Binomial name
Cinnamomum riparium

Cinnamomum riparium is a small tree reaching 3–6 m in height[1] Leaves are simple, opposite or sub-opposite, and three-nerved.[2] The inflorescence is a lax, few-flowered panicle. Flowers are about 1.4 cm long, greenish-yellow. The fruit is a smooth ellipsoid berry, 10–13 × 5 mm, seated in a shallow, cup-shaped cupule about 4 mm long.[3]

Distribution

South India (Kerala & Tamil Nadu).[4]

Flowering and fruiting

December–May.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gamble in Kew Bull.1925: 128. 1925
  2. ^ Sasidharan, N. (2004). Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala: Flowering Plants. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi. p. 396.
  3. ^ Robi, A.J. and Udayan, P.S., 2017. A Reinvestigation on the Taxonomic Identity and Nomenclature of Cinnamomum heyneanum and C. riparium (Lauraceae) in the Western Ghats, India. Nelumbo, pp.44–50.
  4. ^ "Cinnamomum riparium Gamble | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. ^ Robi, A.J. and Udayan, P.S., 2017. A Reinvestigation on the Taxonomic Identity and Nomenclature of Cinnamomum heyneanum and C. riparium (Lauraceae) in the Western Ghats, India. Nelumbo, pp.44–50.