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Indian bark

Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T.Nees & C.H.Eberm.

Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Cinnamomum

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Indian bark (Cinnamomum tamala)
Photo: Adithyan A Saj, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)
Arabic
ساذج هندي, أرجل الجراد, الساذج الهندي
arz
ساذج هندى
Assamese
তেজপাত
Bangla
তেজপাতা
Burmese
ကရဝေးပင်
Catalan
Malabathrum
Chinese
柴桂, 三条筋, 三股筋, 川桂, 桂皮, 肉桂, 辣皮树
Czech
Indický bobkový list
English
Indian bark, Indian bay leaf, Indian cassia, Indian cassia bark, Tamala cassia
German
Indisches Lorbeerblatt, Indischer Lorbeer, Malabathrum
Japanese
タマラニッケイ
Kannada
ಕಾಡು ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ
Korean
타말라녹나무
Malayalam
വഴന, Malabathrum, എടന
Nepali
तेजपात
Persian
ساذج هندی
Polish
Cynamonowiec tamala
sat
ᱛᱮᱡᱽ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ
shn
တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၽၢင်ယွႆး, မႆႉၵႅင်းႁွမ်ၵလႃး
Spanish
Malabathrum
Telugu
తమాల వృక్షము

Synonyms

  • Cinnamomum albiflorum Nees
  • Cinnamomum lindleyi Lukman.
  • Cinnamomum reinwardtii Nees
  • Cinnamomum tamala var. albiflorum (Nees) Meisn.
  • Cinnamomum tamala var. elliptifolium Baruah & S.C.Nath
  • Cinnamomum veitchii Lukman.
  • Cinnamomum zwartzii Lukman.
  • Laurus albiflora Wall.
  • Laurus cassia Roxb.
  • Laurus culilawan Reinw. ex Meisn.
  • Laurus sailyana Buch.-Ham.
  • Laurus soilyana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Laurus tamala Buch.-Ham.
  • Laurus triplinervia Reinw. ex Nees
  • Persea tamala Spreng.

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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.