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[[File:Canella winterana Guadeloupe2.JPG|thumb|right|''Canellaceae'']]
The Canellaceae are a family of [[Flowering plant]] in the order Canellales. The order includes only one other family, the Winteraceae. Canellaceae is native to the Afrotropic and Neotropic ecozones. They are small to medium trees, rarely shrubs, evergreen and aromatic. The flowers and fruit are often red. The family is divided into five genera, but studies of DNA sequences have indicated one of these genera should be split.
== Description ==
These trees==Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, rarely shrubs{{Uses|Sore throats}}<ref name="Uses"/> ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}. ==Chemical Composition==Monoterpenes are evergreen common, as are drimane-type sesquiterpenes, including cinnafragrins, cinnamodial, and glabrouscapsicodendrin. The stems These three sesquiterpenes are shared with only the Winteraceae in angiosperms. Canellaceae also have nodes with three alkaloids of the aporphine type, such as N-(rarely twocinnamoil) leaf gaps and three leaf traces. The xylem has narrow rays. The bark is aromatic-tryptamine, lignans of the aryl-tetralin type, cinnamaldehydes, with prominent and unusual appearing lenticels. allylphenols<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Tree}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|alternate|The stems leaves have nodes a peppery taste, are alternate,spiral, or distichous in arrangement, simple, entire,coriaceous, petiolate, pinnately nerved, withoutstipules, with three translucent (rarely twopellucid) leaf gaps glands}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual||||The receptacles are barely excavated,and three leaf tracesthe hypogynous disc is absent}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|||clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Easily grown in most soils[21][22], preferring a calcareous soil. Thrives in a dry lightly shaded position[16], though it prefers full sun.Plants usually self-sow quite freely when growing in a suitable position[19]. The xylem has narrow raysseeds are contained in burrs that can easily attach themselves to clothing or animal's fur, thus transporting them to a new area where they can germinate and grow. The bark cultivar 'Sweet scented' is popular in France for making tea because the whole plant is aromaticsweet scented and the flowers have a spicy apricot-like fragrance<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, with prominent {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and unusual appearing lenticelsfields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery>
== Uses References== *The white cinnamon, Canella winterana, a native of Florida and the Antilles, is used as a condiment, with tonic properties.*Commercial production of "white cinnamon" from C. winterana has ceased, but small-scale, local production continues. The Canellaceae have long had local use as aromatic plants and as herbal medicines.*The bark of the red cinnamon or false Winter's bark, Cinnamodendron corticosum, is used as a substitute for Winter's bark in Chile and Argentina, where it is called canelo, a name that is also applied to cinnamon.
<references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canellaceae "wikipedea"]</ref><ref name= External Links "Leaf">[https://www.doc-developpement-durable.org/file/Plantes-Medicinales-Aromatiques/FICHES_PLANTES/Cannelle/Canellaceae_Wikipedia-En.pdf "Ecology"]</ref><ref name="Uses">[http://www.homeremediess.com/agrimonia-eupatoria-medicinal-uses-and-images/ "traditional medicine"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria "practical palnts"]</ref></references>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canellaceae Canellaceae-Wikipedia]==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]
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