Cinnamomum malabatrum (Burm.f.) Blume
Common Name: Wild cinnamon, Vayana
Family: Lawraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:malabatrum
Malayalam Name: Edana
Tamil Name: Vayana
Description: Trees, up to 20 m high, bark reddish-brown, smooth or slightly, longitudinally cracked. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic-oblong, margin entire, highly aromatic when bruised. Flowers bisexual, in axillary and pseudo terminal paniculate cymes. Tepals 6. Stamens 9, perfect, in 3 rows; anthers oblong, 4-celled. Ovary half inferior; stigma small, peltate. Fruit a berry.
Uses: It is used as spice. The plant (part not specified) has been traditionally used as an astringent, carminative, deobstruent, diaphoretic, galactogogue, haemostatic and stimulant. It is used for treating wounds, fevers, intestinal worms, headaches and menstrual problems. The bark is used in the treatment of gastro-intestinal complaints such as dyspepsia, flatulence, diarrhoea and vomiting. Leaves are used in the treatment of colic and rheumatism. They are sweetish and heating, making them useful in vata, scabies, disease of the anus and rectum, tridosha, piles and heart troubles. The dried buds are used with various combinations in the treatment of cough and urinary disease.
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