Cinnamomum riparium
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| Cinnamomum riparium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cinnamomum |
| Species: | C. riparium |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinnamomum riparium | |
Cinnamomum riparium is a small tree reaching 3–6 m in height[1] Leaves are simple, opposite or sub-opposite, and three-nerved.[2] 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.[3]