''Cinnamomum kinabaluense'' is a species of plant in the laurel family (

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant Family (biology), family that includes the bay laurel, true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genus (biology), genera worldwide. They are dicotyled ...

). It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

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Description

''Cinnamomum kinabaluense'' is a small tree or shrub, growing 2 to 3 m tall. It resembles '' Cinnamomum angustitepalum'', but differs in having a cupule with caducous perianth lobes (vs persistent), indumentum yellowish upon drying (vs reddish upon drying), and 2-locular anthers (vs 4-locular).Wuu-Kuang, Soh (2011). Taxonomic revision of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) in Borneo. ''Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants'', Volume 56, Number 3, 2011, pp. 241-264(24). Naturalis Biodiversity Center DOI: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651911X615168

Range and habitat

It is found in

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(Ranau and Tambunan districts) and

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(Julau district). It grows in lower montane rain forest above 1200 metres elevation.

References

{{taxonbar, from = Q15606937 kinabaluense Endemic flora of Borneo Lauraceae of Borneo Endemic flora of Malaysia Flora of the Borneo montane rain forests Plants described in 1953