Cinnamomum loureiroi (bark)

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            | color=Rather dark cinnamon brown (reddish brown).
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            | flavor=Sweet, very pungent, astringent.
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            | scent=Fragrant, very aromatic.}}
 
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            | mainimage=Microanalysis_powdered_vegetable_google_ver_cinnamon_loureiroi.png
 
            | description=Saigon Cinnamon (powdered bark) (''Cinnamomum loureiroi''), Lauraceae. (Vietnamese Cassia)
 
            | image2=Microanalysis_powdered_vegetable_google_ver_cinnamon_cassia.png
 
            | caption2=Compare to [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cinnamon aromaticum]].
 
            | color=Rather dark cinnamon brown (reddish brown).
 
            | flavor=Sweet, very pungent, astringent.
 
            | scent=Fragrant, very aromatic.
 
 
             | characteristics=Histology much like that of [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cassia]]; bast cells somewhat larger.  Starch and sclerenchyma cells much as in [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cinnamon aromaticum]].  Numerous small epidermal cells with thickened walls.  Resin cells and crystals as in the other cinnamons.
 
             | characteristics=Histology much like that of [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cassia]]; bast cells somewhat larger.  Starch and sclerenchyma cells much as in [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cinnamon aromaticum]].  Numerous small epidermal cells with thickened walls.  Resin cells and crystals as in the other cinnamons.
 
             | ash=Ash about 5 per cent.
 
             | ash=Ash about 5 per cent.
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            | description=Saigon Cinnamon (powdered bark) (''Cinnamomum loureiroi''), Lauraceae. (Vietnamese Cassia)
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            | image2=Microanalysis_powdered_vegetable_google_ver_cinnamon_cassia.png
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            | caption2=Compare to [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cinnamon aromaticum]].
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Contents

Nomenclature

Cinnamomum loureirii Nees   Lauraceae  
Standardized common name (English): Saigon cinnamon

Botanical Voucher Specimen

Organoleptic Characteristics

  

Color Rather dark cinnamon brown (reddish brown). 

Scent Fragrant, very aromatic. 

Flavor Sweet, very pungent, astringent.

Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. [1]

Macroscopic Characteristics

Microscopic Characteristics

Histology much like that of Cassia; bast cells somewhat larger. Starch and sclerenchyma cells much as in Cinnamon aromaticum. Numerous small epidermal cells with thickened walls. Resin cells and crystals as in the other cinnamons.

Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. [2]


Microanalysis powdered vegetable google ver cinnamon loureiroi.png
Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.[3]

Microanalysis powdered vegetable google ver cinnamon cassia.png
Compare to Cinnamon aromaticum.
Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.[4]

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
  2. Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
  3. Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
  4. Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
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