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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.
==Essential oil==
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.
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'').
==External links==
* Plant profile, including cultivation requirements [http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/CINNAMON-MYRTLE,--Backhousia-myrtifolia.htm]
==References:==
*Floyd, A.G., ''Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia'', ISBN 0-909605-57-2.
*[http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apx?taxon_id=49573 APNI Australian Plant Name Index]
[[Category:Bushfood]]
[[Category:Myrtales of Australia]]
[[Category:Myrtaceae]]
[[Category:Australian cuisine]]
| 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.
==Essential oil==
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.
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'').
==External links==
* Plant profile, including cultivation requirements [http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/CINNAMON-MYRTLE,--Backhousia-myrtifolia.htm]
==References:==
*Floyd, A.G., ''Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia'', ISBN 0-909605-57-2.
*[http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apx?taxon_id=49573 APNI Australian Plant Name Index]
[[Category:Bushfood]]
[[Category:Myrtales of Australia]]
[[Category:Myrtaceae]]
[[Category:Australian cuisine]]