Cinnamomum verum
J.Presl · speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Cinnamomum verum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation17 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 136 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI27 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics33 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
giftgenome & karyotype
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Cinnamomum verum, called true cinnamon tree or Ceylon cinnamon tree, is a small evergreen tree belonging to the family Lauraceae, native to Sri Lanka. The inner bark of several other Cinnamomum species is also used to make cinnamon, but C. verum has a subtler flavor that makes it preferred for certain recipes. C. verum is also an excellent health booster, due to its components that serve as protection against some chronic health conditions.Singh, Rao, A. S., Nandal, A., Kumar, S., Yadav, S. S., Ganaie, S. A., & Narasimhan, B. (2021). "Phytochemical and pharmacological review of Cinnamomum verum J. Presl—a versatile spice used in food and nutrition". Food Chemistry, 338, 127773–127773.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Cinnamomum verum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 983 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUGENOL | 945,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| BENZYL-BENZOATE | 840,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 800,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 500,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| TETRADECAN-1-AL | 498,600 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE | 470,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 350,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| LAURIC-ACID | 304,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Cinnamomum verum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Cinnamomum verum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 244×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · Cave1959 +1
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type7 136 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions71 of 146 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Paris, FR | 140 |
| Saint Louis, US | 40 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 29 |
| Salvador, BR | 18 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 17 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 16 |
| Universidade de Passo Fundolocation not on record | 15 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 15 |
| Kew, GB | 12 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 12 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 11 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 11 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 11 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 10 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 8 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 8 |
| Mexico City, MX | 7 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 7 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 7 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 6 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 6 |
| Maringá, BR | 6 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 6 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 5 |
| Dresden, DE | 5 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 5 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 5 |
| Honolulu, US | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 4 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 4 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 4 |
| Blumenau, BR | 4 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Durango, MX | 4 |
| León, NI | 4 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 4 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 3 |
| Cascavel, BR | 3 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 3 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 3 |
| Brasília, BR | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| Baroda, IN | 3 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tapachula, MX | 3 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 3 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 2 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 2 |
| Guasave, MX | 2 |
| Lake Charles, US | 2 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Brisbane, AU | 2 |
| Criciúma, BR | 2 |
| Masindi, UG | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| PUC-RIOlocation not on record | 2 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 2 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 2 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 2 |
| Campo Grande, BR | 2 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 2 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 2 |
| Centre for Medicinal Plants Research-Arya Vaidya Salalocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 1 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ulocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Herbarium of São Tomé and Principelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Valparaísolocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Clocation not on record | 1 |
| DSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)location not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| BRLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 1 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 1 |
| CSIROlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 1 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Cincinnati, US | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Gump Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dublin, IE | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| Pelotas, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Pelotaslocation not on record | 1 |
| Alexandria Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| Cibinong Science Center, Herbarium Bogorienselocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Cinnamomum verum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.