[[File:Canella winterana Guadeloupe2.JPG|thumb|right|''Canellaceae'']]
The Canellaceae are a family of [[flowering plants ]] 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.
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