Canellaceae
Wild cinnamon
Canella winterana
- Family
- Canellaceae
- Genus
- Canella
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- بيلون
- Catalan
- Canyeller blanc
- Croatian
- Kanela
- Czech
- Kanela bílá
- Dutch
- Canella
- English
- Wild cinnamon
- Finnish
- Kanellapuu
- French
- Bois-Cannelle, Laurus winterana
- Japanese
- ネッラ
- Korean
- 카넬라
- Malayalam
- കനെല്ല
- Polish
- Korzybiel biały
- Portuguese
- Canella
- Russian
- Канелла
Synonyms
- Canella alba Murray
- Canella canella (L.) H.Karst.
- Canella laurifolia Sweet
- Canella obtusifolia Miers
- Winterana canella L.
- Winterana obtusifolia (Miers) Warb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gilles Leblond, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Eric Nicolini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Laurent Riche, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Laurent Riche, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kévin Landeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.