Talk:Canella

Classification

According to IPNI, the genus is not monotypic. And neither is C. winterana the correct name, which IPNI gives as C. winteriana. Λεξικόφιλος (talk) 08:04, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Interesting. I don't think that page is meant to be a classification. It lists some synonyms: Canella alba = Canella canella = Canella laurifolia = Canella winterana, Canella axillaris = Cinnamodendron axillare, and who knows about the others? Also, the spelling C. winteriana is in the minority; Google scholar gives it some hits but not as many as C. winterana. See for example this 2008 article:

• "Canella is a monotypic genus widespread in the region, ... Canellaceae species from the West Indies, specially the widespread Canella winterana Gaertn., ... Cinnamodendron was published by Endlicher (1840). The first published species of this genus, the Brazilizan C. axillare Endl. ex Walp., was originally described as Canella axillaris (Nees & von Martius, 1824)."

Melchoir (talk) 09:06, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Chanca reference

The quote "We found there a tree whose leaf had the finest smell of cloves that I have ever met with it was like a laurel leaf but not so large but I think it was a species of laurel." ("Alli hallamos un arbol cuya hojo tenia el mas fino olor de clavos que nunca vi y era como laurel salvo que no era ansi grande yo ansi pienso que era laurel su especia.") sounds like it refers to allspice, which does smell exactly like cloves, rather than Canella, which smells like cinnamon. The allspice article does refer to allspice being "named" by Chanca, but gives no details. Chuck Entz (talk) 21:13, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

So much technical information

But, does it actually contain cinnamaldehyde? Drsruli (talk) 02:59, 1 December 2025 (UTC)