High quality ramulus Cinnamomi

CASSIA TWIG harvested in spring and summer, leaves removed, dried in the sun, or section dried in the sun, this product is long cylindrical, many branches, 30 ~ 75 cm long, diameter 0.3 ~ 1 cm thick end. Surface Reddish Brown to Brown, there are longitudinal edge line, fine wrinkles and small pimple-like leaf marks, branch marks, Bud marks, punctate pores. Hard and brittle, easily broken. Section thickness 2 ~ 4mm, section skin red-brown, Wood yellow-white to light yellow-brown, pith slightly square. Has the special fragrance, the flavor is sweet, the micro-pungent, the skin department flavor is thick. Mainly produced in Guangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan and other places. Cut The shoots in spring and summer, dry them in the sun or in the shade, and cut them into thin slices or small pieces.

Medium-sized Tree; Bark Grayish Brown, old bark up to 13 mm thick. Annual Branches Terete, Dark Brown, longitudinally pinstriped, slightly pubescent, current year branches more or less-angled, Yellowish Brown, longitudinally pinstriped, densely grayish yellow velutinous. Terminal Buds small, Bud Scales broadly ovate, apex acuminate, densely gray-yellow velutinous. Leaves alternate or subopposite, Long Elliptic to sublanceolate, apex slightly acute, Base Acute, leathery, margin cartilaginous, involute, upper green, lustrous, glabrous, lower light green, dull, sparsely yellow velutinous, tertiary from base, lateral veins nearly opposite, from 5 to 10 mm in leaf, it is slightly bent upward and disappeared below the leaf tip. It is obviously concave with the MIDRIB above and very convex below. There are many branch veins on the side of the leaf margin. The branch veins are arched and connected within the leaf margin, petiole stout, 1.2 ~ 2 cm long, ventral surface flat or slightly sulcate, yellow velutinous, petiole visible below. Inflorescences axillary or subterminal, 8 ~ 16 cm long, tertiary branched, 3-flowered cymes terminal, total peduncle about half of inflorescence length, with each rank rachis covered with yellow tomentose. Flowers white, about 4.5 mm long; Pedicel 3 ~ 6 mm long, covered with tawny short hairs. Perianth inner and outer surfaces densely covered with tawny short hairs, perianth Tube Obconical, Ca. 2 mm long, perianth Lobes ovate-oblong, subequal, ca. 2.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, apex obtuse or subacute. Fertile Stamens 9, filaments pilose, first and second round stamens about 2.3 mm long, filaments flat, about 1.4 mm long, 1/3 above become wide, anthers oval-oblong, about 0.9 mm long, apex truncate, Anther Chamber 4, both chambers inward, upper 2 cells much smaller, the third round stamen is about 2.7 mm long, the filament is flat, about 1.9 mm long, the upper 1/3 place has a pair of round kidney-shaped glands, anthers oval-oblong, anther room 4, upper 2 room smaller, lateral, lower 2 room larger, outward. STAMINODE 3, in innermost whorl, with petiole about 2mm long, petiole slender, flat, 1.3 mm long, pilose, Apex arrowhead-shaped equilateral triangle. Ovary ovoid, Ca. 1.7 mm long, glabrous, style slender, as long as ovary, stigma small, inconspicuous. Fruit Ellipsoid, about 1 cm long, 7 ~ 8(9) mm wide, black-purple at maturity, glabrous; fruiting receptacle shallowly cupular, 4 mm long, tip width up to 7 mm, margin truncate or slightly toothed-cleft. Flowering period 6 ~ 8 months, fruiting period 10 ~ 12 months.