Cinnamomum riparium is a small tree reaching 3–6 m in heightGamble in Kew Bull.1925: 128. 1925 Leaves are simple, opposite or sub-opposite, and three-nerved.Sasidharan, N. (2004). Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala: Flowering Plants. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi. p. 396. The inflorescence is a lax, few-flowered panicle. Flowers are about 1.4 cm long, greenish-yellow. The fruit is a smooth ellipsoid berry, 10–13 × 5 mm, seated in a shallow, cup-shaped cupule about 4 mm long.Robi, A.J. and Udayan, P.S., 2017. A Reinvestigation on the Taxonomic Identity and Nomenclature of Cinnamomum heyneanum and C. riparium (Lauraceae) in the Western Ghats, India. Nelumbo, pp.44–50.
Distribution South India (Kerala & Tamil Nadu).
Flowering and fruiting December–May.Robi, A.J. and Udayan, P.S., 2017. A Reinvestigation on the Taxonomic Identity and Nomenclature of Cinnamomum heyneanum and C. riparium (Lauraceae) in the Western Ghats, India. Nelumbo, pp.44–50.
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