Cinnamon is an evergreen tree about 15m high, bark dark brown, wrinkled. Leaves stalked, alternate or sub-opposite, ovate to oblong, long pointed, three veined, entire, glabrous, shiny above and pinkish when young. Yellowish stalked flowers bloom during April to May, and fruit appears as a drupe during December to Feburary.
Cinnamon is distributed throughout Nepal within the altitudinal range of 450-2200m on moist slopes of forest land.
