Cinnamomum lawang is a species of tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is endemic to Borneo.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cinnamomum |
| Species: | C. lawang
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| Binomial name | |
| Cinnamomum lawang | |
Description
editCinnamomum lawang is a tree growing to 27 m tall, with a trunk 72 cm in diameter. It shares the same type of enlarged fleshy fruit cupule with Cinnamomum crassinervium, but differs in having distinctly stout and quadrangular apical twigs (vs. less angular), 4-locular stamens (vs. 2-locular), cupule perianth lobes not plicate (vs. plicate), and fruit pedicel terete in cross-section (vs. triangular).[3]
Range and habitat
editCinnamomum lawang is found in Sarawak (Sri Aman District) and West Kalimantan. It grows in lowland rain forest.[3]
References
edit- ^ de Kok, R. (2020). "Cinnamomum lawang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T125917324A125917327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T125917324A125917327.en. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ Cinnamomum lawang Kosterm. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 9 April 2023.
- ^ a b Wuu-Kuang, Soh (2011). Taxonomic revision of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) in Borneo. Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 56, Number 3, 2011, pp. 241-264(24). Naturalis Biodiversity Center DOI: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651911X615168