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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Cinnamon myrtle<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | subclassis = [[Rosidae]]<br /> | ordo = [[Myrtales]]<br /> | familia = [[Myrtaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Backhousia]]''<br /> | species = '''''B. myrtifolia'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Backhousia myrtifolia''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] &amp; [[William Henry Harvey|Harv.]]<br /> }}<br /> '''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'''.<br /> <br /> ''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.<br /> <br /> ==Essential oil==<br /> <br /> The name 'cinnamon myrtle' was coined in the late 1980s to identify the [[elemicin]] essential oil variant as being especially suitable for flavouring. However, the name 'cinnamon myrtle' is also used to describe the species in general.<br /> <br /> Cinnamon myrtle is part of a group of related [[Myrtaceae]] family members that were popularized as spices in Australian [[bushfood]] cuisine in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This group of plants also includes [[lemon myrtle]] (''Backhousia citriodora'') and [[aniseed myrtle]] (''Syzygium anisatum'').<br /> <br /> ==External links== <br /> * Plant profile, including cultivation requirements [http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/CINNAMON-MYRTLE,--Backhousia-myrtifolia.htm]<br /> <br /> ==References:==<br /> <br /> *Floyd, A.G., ''Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia'', ISBN 0-909605-57-2.<br /> *[http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apx?taxon_id=49573 APNI Australian Plant Name Index]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Bushfood]]<br /> [[Category:Myrtales of Australia]]<br /> [[Category:Myrtaceae]]<br /> [[Category:Australian cuisine]]</div>

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