Canella winterana (L.) Gaertn.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Canellaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree up to 10 m. high, usually much smaller, sometimes shrubby, the trunk up to 2.5 dm. thick, the bark grey. Leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, 3-10 cm. long, dark green and somewhat shining above, rather dull beneath, rounded or obtuse at the apex, not prominently veined, the slender petioles about 1 cm. long; corymbs few-several-flowered; pedicels slender; sepals reniform-orbicular, thick, about 3 mm. long, ciliolate; petals obovate, obtuse, nearly twice as long as the sepals; stamen-tube 3-4 mm. long; anthers yellow; berry crimson or nearly black, about 1 cm. in diameter; seeds black.
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Distribution
White-lands, scrub-lands and thickets, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Rum Cay, Atwood Cay, Long Island, Acklin's Island, Crooked Island and Little Inagua : Florida and the West Indies. Canella. Wild Cinnamon. Whitewood Bark. Cinnajion Bark. Catesby, 2 : pi. 50.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Rum Cay Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|