page_title: Malabathrum
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caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Cinnamomum malabatrum, Malabathrum, is a tree within the Lauraceae family which is endemic to southern Western Ghats. It is thought to have been one of the major sources of the medicinal plant leaves known in classic and medieval times as Malabathrum (or Malobathrum).മലയാളം&#160;&#x3a;&#32; വഴന
context_page_description: Malabathrum, malabathron, or malobathrum is the name used in classical and medieval texts for certain cinnamon-like aromatic plant leaves and an ointment prepared from those leaves. Cinnamomum tamala, grown most commonly in the eastern Himalayas, but also in the Western Ghats, is thought to be a notable source of these leaves, although other species of Cinnamomum and even plants in other genera may have been used. In ancient Greece and Rome, the leaves were used to prepare a fragrant oil, called oleum malabathri, and were therefore valuable.
context_section_description: Malabathrum, malabathron, or malobathrum is the name used in classical and medieval texts for certain cinnamon-like aromatic plant leaves and an ointment prepared from those leaves. Cinnamomum tamala (sometimes given as Cinnamomum tejpata), grown most commonly in the eastern Himalayas, but also in the Western Ghats, is thought to be a notable source of these leaves, although other species of Cinnamomum and even plants in other genera may have been used. In ancient Greece and Rome, the leaves were used to prepare a fragrant oil, called oleum malabathri, and were therefore valuable.
caption: Cinnamomum malabatrum, young leaves, Kerala, India
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