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[[File:Canella winterana Guadeloupe2.JPG|thumb|right|''Canellaceae'']]
The '''Canellaceae''' are a the 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.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Chemical Composition==
Monoterpenes are common, as are drimane-type sesquiterpenes, including cinnafragrins, cinnamodial, and capsicodendrin. These three sesquiterpenes are shared with only the Winteraceae in angiosperms. Canellaceae also have alkaloids of the aporphine type, such as N-(cinnamoil)-tryptamine, lignans of the aryl-tetralin type, cinnamaldehydes, and allylphenols<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|The leaves have a peppery taste, are alternate,spiral, or distichous in arrangement, simple, entire,coriaceous, petiolate, pinnately nerved, withoutstipules, with translucent (pellucid) glands.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
==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 seeds 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 cultivar 'Sweet scented' is popular in France for making tea because the whole plant is sweet scented and the flowers have a spicy apricot-like fragrance<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canellaceae "Wikipedea"]</ref>
