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The tree, afterwards identified and described by the Spanish botanist Mutis, is not the Laurus cinnamomum of Ceylon; but a species of laurus peculiar to the American continent to which this botanist has given the name laurus cinnamomoides.
The bark of the laurus cinnamomoides is not considered equal in delicate flavour to that of the Oriental cinnamon. It is hotter and more pungent to the taste otherwise the resemblance between the two trees is very considerable, their foliage being much alike, and the bark peeling off of nearly equal thickness.
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