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Cinnamomum bejolghota (Buch.-Ham.) Sweet

[ Family : Lauraceae ]

[ Synonyms : Cinnamomum bazania (Buch.-Ham.) Nees ; Cinnamomum obtusifolium (Roxb.) Nees ; Cinnamomum sikkimense Lukmanoff ; Cinnamomum van-houttei Lukmanoff ; Laurus bazania Buch.-Ham.; Laurus bejolghota Buch.-Ham.; Laurus obtusifolia Roxb. ]

[ Common name (Local) : Ramtejpat, Sin kaule, Bara singolee, Bhale sinkoli ]

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Name in other Languages :

• Bengali : Ramtejpat | Sanskrit : Not available yet | Hindi : Katkaula, Nagadalchini | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Wild cassia, China cinnamon, God's cinnamon | Other Languages : Patichanda (Assam.) ; Kinton (Sylheti)

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Plant Characteristics :

Habit : Tree
Habitat & Ecology : Terrestrial, Wild, a native of the mountainous region with high humidity and rainfall.
Occurrence : Available in the Darjeeling Hills upto an altitude of 2000 m.

Status : Frequent
Botanical Character : A large tree with aromatic bark and leaf. Branches opposite ; the young ones smooth, and somewhat four-cornered. Leaves generally two at a node, glabrous, 20-30 cm long, very coriaceous elliptic-oblong obtuse acute or acuminate 3-nerved, nerves not impressed above. Panicles very large and stout subterminal and corymb like often exceeding the leaves; flowers greyish yellow, small, numerous, often crowded at the end of the panicles, perianth subsilky-pubescent, stamens and ovary sparsely hairy or glabrous. Fruits small 0.8-1.2 cm long, ellipsoid or subglobose, succulent with rounded lobes, smooth when ripe, black, one-celled, one-seeded.

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Flowering & Fruiting : February--November
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Soil Character : Wet mountainous soil
Climate : Subtropial to Temperate
Propagules : Vegetative
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