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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Cinnamon myrtle
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Backhousia]]''
| species = '''''B. myrtifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Backhousia myrtifolia''
| binomial_authority = [[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] & [[William Henry Harvey|Harv.]]
}}
'''Cinnamon myrtle''', is a [[spice]] form of ''Backhousia myrtifolia''. This small [[rainforest]] tree species grows in [[subtropical]] rainforests of Eastern [[Australia]]. ''B. myrtifolia'' is also known as '''carrol''', '''carrol ironwood''', '''neverbreak''', '''ironwood''' or '''grey myrtle'''.

''B.myrtifolia'' can grow up to 30 metres, but is more often a shrub or small tree. The leaves are ovate or elliptic, 4-7 cm long, with a cinnamon-like odour. Flowers are star-shaped and borne in panicles.  The small papery fruit are bell-shaped.