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Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species: Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Allied species:

sushrutha - Eladi Varga

Vagbhata - Eladi Varga

Trijataka - A group of three spices cinnamon, cardamom and Cinnamomum tamala

Chaturjata - trijataka + nagakesara

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Tvak, Svadvi, Tanutvak and Darusita , twak, utkat, tanutvak, vakala, shakala, saihala, vanya, surasa, bahughadha, mukhashodhya, hridya, coca, sita
English: cinnamon bark
Hindi: Dalchini
Urdu: Darchini
Telugu: Lavangapatta, Dalchini chekka
Bengali: Daruchini , Darchini
Marathi: Dalchini
Konkani: -Chekka
Oriya: Dalechini, Guda twa
Gujarathi: Taja, Dalchini
Tamil: Ilayangam , Lavangapattai, Karuvapattai
Malayalam: Karuvapatta, Ilavarngatholy
Kannada: Dalchini Chakke
Punjabi: Dalchini, Darchin
Sindhi: -گانڌي
Arabic: قِرْفة [qirfa]
Spanish: Canela
Assamese: Dalcheni
Japanese: シナモン
Chinese: 桂皮
French: Cammelle , cannelle
German: Zimt
Burma: sait kyam poe
Nepal: -दालचिनी
Persian: -دارچین
Sinhalese: - කුරුඳු
Tulu: kettae
Greek: κανέλα

Varities:

Different varieties of cinnamon are available. It’s classified based on where it’s been cultivated. Some common varieties include the following.

Cinnamomum zeylanicum - indian cinnamon

Cinnamomum tamala - ceylonese cinnamon

Cassia cinnamon - chinese cinnamon

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