I can not find this plant in any of my books or online. Does anybody know it? It even was labeled Canila but that didn't help at all.
Jeri
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Another picture.
Have you ever seen it bloom? The leaves remind me of Medinilla, but that's just because I happen to have one and it's the only plant I have with vertical veins in the leaves like that, but I'm sure there are hundreds of other plants that I don't know that have leaves like that too. But if it's bloomed, you should recognize whether this is it or not.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/49460/
It's one of the Cinnamomums. I can't remember which one. I found one in the store with only the common name tagged on it. I can't remember where I found the additional info but do a google under images with the genus name.
Well...makes sense...'canela' is cinnamon in Spanish.
I found it in the plant file under medinille. Thanks guys for pointing me in the right direction. No it has not bloomed but the leaf shape and veining is the same.
Jeri
The plant you mentioned is a vine/weeping plant. Although it has the same leaves it probably does't grow upright like that. I believe it is this plant: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/70370/index.html and http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/img/bot/401/Magnoliophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliidae/Lauraceae/Cinnamomum%20zeylanicum/
For some reason its shown up sold as a tropical in the past 2 years.
Jeri, I would tend to agree with growin on this one, the Cinnamomum has the same veining in the leaves and is much more likely to be upright and shrubby like your plant. Especially given the connection with the Spanish word for cinnamon, I think that one's much more likely. I suggested Medinilla as a first thought because of the leaves, but I figured there were probably more plants out there with leaves like that and I just wasn't familiar with them and it looks like that's the case!
I am back to searching for an i.d. on this plant. The new leaves on mine are not red, like the Cinnamomum pictures/descriptions show - mine are just a light green, so I don't think the plant is identified correctly yet.
I got mine at Lowes - where did you get yours? I had the manager of the garden center at Lowes look on his inventory list and it was i.d. only as 'tropical foliage', so he was no help. Maybe someone else has a correct id for this plant.
Kay
I got mine when I had to work a plant clinic for MG at La. Nursery. The advantages to being there all day.
Mine doesn't have the red leaves when they are new and my leaf is kinda thick where as some in the picture look thin.
My plant was labelled Canila and it said it was from China which makes me wonder about the spanish meaning of the word.
I was trully hoping it was that medinilla plant. I just love the flowers.
Regardless I have to bring it in for the winter. I have it in shade and with the heat here I have to water nearly everyday.
Jeri
Yes, my leaves are leather-like also. I wonder what we REALLY have. Would it be possible to go back to the nursery and see if they can id it?
see the following links to find the different distinction of Cinnamon
Ceylon Cinnamon http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Cinn_zey.html
Chinese Cinnamon http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Cinn_cas.html
Indonesian Cinnamon http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Cinn_bur.html
Vietnamese Cinnamon http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Cinn_lou.html
if the link does not work, click on geographical location for cinnamon. each of above links shows the difference in leaf formation and growth. hope this help. otherwise, do google search of the different Asian Cinnamon --- very interesting search! thanks for bringing this to my attention as i did not know there were so many different cinnamons - each has their own culinary if not medical use in Asia.
Kay, do you have a picture of yours? I would start a new thread and post your picture either here or in the ID forum, I'm sure someone will know what it is.
ok, i've just double check all the links. apparently the web designer has change a lot of things on the sites i posted. now all links works.
all u need to do is check and look at the different forms, shapes of the leaves and ur mystery cinnamon will be solve.
Kay
Here is the tag that was on the plant.
Jeri
That's the same tag on the plant I found in the tropicals section which turned out to be the cinamomum.