Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-622.31.00
Canellaceae
Clades: Canellales; Magnoliidae; Magnolianae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Region: Afrotropic, Neotropic ecozones; Greater Antilles.
Comntent: Monoterpenes; drimane-type sesquiterpenes, cinnafragrins, cinnamodial, capsicodendrin; alkaloids of the aporphine type, N-(cinnamoil)-tryptamine; lignans of the aryl-tetralin type, cinnamaldehydes, allylphenols; calcium oxalate; cyanogenetic.
Use: herbal medicine or as a substitute for cinnamon.
Botany: small to medium trees, rarely shrubs, evergreen, aromatic; flowers red; fruit red
Genera: 5; 25 species; Canella; Cinnamodendron; Cinnamosma; Pleodendron; Warburgia.
Taxonomy
Many species are rare and restricted to small ranges. Many species are newly recognized and not yet named.