190/CHOCOLATE VINE (MU-TONG) PDR FOR HERBAL MEDICINES
LITERATURE
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Chondrodendron
tomentosum
See Pareira
Chondrus crispus
See Carrageen
Chrysanthemum
cinerariifolium
See Pyrethrum
Chrysanthemum
leucanthemum
See Ox-Eye Daisy
Cichorium intybus
See Chicory
Cicuta virosa
See European Water Hemlock
Cimicifuga racemosa
See Black Cohosh
Cinchona pubescens
See Quinine
Cinnamomum aromaticum
See Chinese Cinnamon
Cinnamomum camphora
See Camphor Tree
Cinnamomum verum
See Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
TRADE NAMES
Cinnamon bark liquid extract is available from several
manufacturers.
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the cinnamon oil
extracted from the bark, the cinnamon bark of younger
branches and the cinnamon leaf oil.
Flower and Fruit: The flowers are whitish-green, inconspic-
uous and have an unpleasant smell. They are about 0.5 cm
long; arranged in loose, axillary or terminal panicles; and
covered in silky hairs. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid-oblong,
short-thomed and half-enclosed by the attached epicalyx.
Leaves, Stem and Root: The plant is a heavily foliated
evergreen tree 6.5 to 12 m tall with a pale brown bark in thin
quills, several rolled inside one another. The branches are
cylindrical with a gray-brown bark. The tough leaves, which
are opposite and splayed horizontally to leaning, are initially
red then turn green. They are about 12 cm by 5 cm,
roundish-ovate or ovate-lanceolate to oblong, more or less
acuminate and entire-margined. The leaves smell like cloves.