Namog
Family • Lauraceae - Cinnamomum iners Reinw. - WILD CINANMON - Da Ye Gui Scientific names Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Blume Cinnamomum malabathrum sensu Gamble Cinnamomum malabathrum auct. Scientific names Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Blume Cinnamomum malabathrum sensu Gamble Cinnamomum malabathrum auct. Other vernacular names HINDI: Darchini, Jangli darchini, Tejpata. JAPANESE: Inu nikkei. KANNADA: Adavilavangapatte, Kadudalcini. MALAYALAM: Ilavangam, Karuntoli, Karuvu, Vayana. MARATHI: Ranachadal, Ranachadalchini, Randalchini. SANSKRIT: Patra, Patraka, Tamalapatra, Tamalapatram, Tejpatra, Tilaka. TAMIL: Ilavangkam, Kattukkaruva, Kattukkaruvappattai, Taalica pattiri. TELUGU: Adavilavangapatta, Pachaku, Lavangam. THAI: Chiat, Op choei, Op choei ton. URDU: Darchini, Sazaj hindi, Sazaj i hindi, Tazpat, Tezpat. Botany Namog is a small to large tree. Bark is smooth and grey, with horizontal, wavy bands, 6 to 12 millimeters thick. Wood is light, yellowish brown, moderately hard, shining, smooth and scented. Branchlets are nearly smooth. Leaves are opposite as a rule, smooth, leathery, lanceolate, oblong or linear-oblong, rarely ovate, 8 to 16 centimeters long, up to 13 centimeters wide, rounded at the base, and pointed at the tip. Blades are 3-nerved. Panicles are slender, long peduncled, often exceeding the leaves, covered with silky hairs. Flowers are yellowish, 4 millimeters long. Fruit is about 10 millimeters long, with the base sunk in the perianth. Additional Sources and Suggested Readings (1) Analgesic activity, toxicity study and phytochemical screening of standardized Cinnomomum iners leaves methanolic extract / F Mustaffa, J Indurkar et al / Pharmacognosy Research | Volume : 2 | Issue : 2 | Page : 76-81 (2) Cinnamomum iners as Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase (MKK1) Inhibitor / Kam-Lee Pang, [...]