# Neocinnamomum

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{{Short description|Genus of shrubs}}
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|image = Neocinnamomum delavayi - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC02912.JPG
|image_caption = ''Neocinnamomum delavayi''
|taxon = Neocinnamomum
|authority = [H.Liu](/source/H.Liu)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
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'''''Neocinnamomum''''' (新樟属, ''xin zhang shu'')  is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Lauraceae](/source/Lauraceae). They are [evergreen](/source/evergreen) shrubs or small trees, indigenous to Bhutan, China, northeastern India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
<ref name=FOC1>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=121914 Flora of China online database]</ref><ref name=FOC2>[http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/pdf/pdf07/Neocinnamomum.pdf Flora of China ''Neocinnamomum'' treatment (pdf)]</ref>

''Neocinnamomum'' require a warm and wet climate with no extremes of heat and cold. They occupy mid to high elevations and montane [laurel forests](/source/laurel_forests).<ref name=newsletter>[http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/MEMBGNewsletter/Volume1number2/Neocinnamomum.html Newsletter of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden]</ref>

''Neocinnamomum'' leaves resemble those of true cinnamon (''[Cinnamomum](/source/Cinnamomum)'') in possessing strongly three-veined blades, but they are arranged alternately rather than oppositely.
The flowers are very small and bisexual.<ref name=FOC2/><ref name=Wang/><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Journal of the Arnold Arboretum|year=1939|author=Caroline K. Allen|title=Studies in ''Cinnamomum'' and ''Neocinnamomum''|volume=20|pages=44–63|url=https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_35196_studiesincinnamomumandneocinna1939/studiesincinnamomumandneocinna1939#page/n13/mode/2up}}</ref> The inflorescences are highly condensed, with poorly defined branching, their overall shape described as "glomerules".<ref name=Wang>{{cite journal|author1=Wang, Z.-h. |author2=Li, J. |author3=Conran, J. |author4=Li, H.-w. |year=2010|title=Phylogeny of the Southeast Asian endemic genus ''Neocinnamomum'' H. Liu (Lauraceae)|journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution|volume=290|issue=1|pages=173–184|doi=10.1007/s00606-010-0359-1|bibcode=2010PSyEv.290..173W }}</ref> Pollination is by insects.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Susan S. Renner|year=2004|title=Variation in diversity among Laurales, Early Cretaceous to Present|journal=Biologiske Skrifter|volume=55|pages=441–458|url=http://www.umsl.edu/~renners/Laurales%20clocks2005.pdf}}</ref> The seeds are dispersed by birds, which eat the fruit which are berry-like [drupes](/source/drupes).<ref name=FOC2/> The red fruits of ''N. caudatum'' are eaten by humans.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/13431/1/IJTK%2011%281%29%20166-171.pdf|title=Wild edible plants used by the ''Garo'' tribes of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve, Mechalaya, India|journal=Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge}}</ref> The fruits are ellipsoid or globose (round). Some species also propagate vegetatively.<ref name=FOC2/>

''Neocinnamomum mekongense'' is a species that grows in the mountains north of [Dali](/source/Dali%2C_Yunnan), China. It is popular with butterflies, which possibly are attracted by secretions from [extrafloral nectaries](/source/Extrafloral_nectary).<ref>[http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Neocinnamomum_Genus.asp Zipcode Zoo]</ref>

It has been suggested that fossil flowers from the late [Cretaceous](/source/Cretaceous) of North America known as ''Neusenia tetrasporangi'' are a close match to ''Neocinnamomum'',<ref name=Chanderbali>{{cite journal|url=http://www.umsl.edu/~renners/Chanderbali_et_alAMBG2001.pdf|title=Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Lauraceae: Evidence from the Chloroplast and Nuclear Genomes|author= Andre S. Chanderbali|author2= Henk van der Werff|author3= Susanne S. Renner|name-list-style= amp|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|volume=88|issue=1|year=2001|pages=104–134|doi=10.2307/2666133|jstor=2666133 }}</ref> and phylogenetic analysis from living plants might also indicate that ''Neocinnamomum'' is one of the earliest surviving lineages of the Lauraceae.<ref name=Chanderbali/>

==Species==
Seven species are accepted.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Neocinnamomum'' H.Liu |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21457-1 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=20 May 2026}}</ref>
* ''[Neocinnamomum atjehense](/source/Neocinnamomum_atjehense)'' {{small|Kosterm.}}
* ''[Neocinnamomum caudatum](/source/Neocinnamomum_caudatum)'' {{small|(Nees) Merrill}}
* ''[Neocinnamomum delavayi](/source/Neocinnamomum_delavayi)'' {{small|(Lecomte) H.Liu}}
* ''[Neocinnamomum fargesii](/source/Neocinnamomum_fargesii)'' {{small|(Lecomte) Kosterm.}}
* ''[Neocinnamomum huongsonensis](/source/Neocinnamomum_huongsonensis)'' {{small|Dao ex de Kok}}
* ''[Neocinnamomum lecomtei](/source/Neocinnamomum_lecomtei)'' {{small|H.Liu}}
* ''[Neocinnamomum mekongense](/source/Neocinnamomum_mekongense)'' {{small|(Hand.-Mazz.) Kosterm.}}

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