Cinnamomum
(from Kinnamomon, the Greek name used by Theophrastus, from the Arabic name Kinamon). Cinnamon. ORD. Laurineae. Stove evergreen trees, from some of which the Cassia and Cinnamon barks are obtained. They thrive in a compost of peat and loam. Cuttings of fine shoots will root, in April, if planted in sand, under a hand glass, and plunged in a moist bottom heat. This genus contains many species of great economic value; few of them are grown for any beauty which they may possess. Some of the species are: aromaticus, Cassia (Bastard Cinnamon), Culilawan, dulce, Malabathrum, montanum, nitidum, obtusifolium, and verum.