Tejpata
''Cinnamomum tamala'', Indian bay leaf'','' also known as tejpat'', ''tejapatta'','' Malabar leaf, Indian bark, Indian cassia, or malabathrum, is a tree in the family Lauraceae that is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. It can grow up to tall. Its leaves have a clove-like aroma with a hint of peppery taste; they are used for culinary and medicinal purposes. It is thought to have been one of the major sources of the medicinal plant leaves known in classic and medieval times as malabathrum (or malobathrum). Characteristics The leaves, known as ''tējapattā'' or ''tejpatta'' ( तेजपत्ता) in Hindi, ''tejpat'' (तेजपात/তেজপাত) in Nepali, Maithili and Assamese, ''tejpata'' ( তেজপাতা) in Bengali, ''vazhanayila/edanayila'' ( വഴനയില/എടനഇല) in Malayalam, ''kadu dhalchini'' ( :kn:ಕಾಡು ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ) in Kannada, and ''tamalpatra'' (તમલપત્ર) in Gujarati, or ...
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Malabathrum
Malabathrum, malabathron, or malobathrum is the name used in classical and medieval texts for certain cinnamon-like aromatic plant leaves and an ointment prepared from those leaves. ''Cinnamomum tamala'' (sometimes given as ''Cinnamomum tejpata''), grown most commonly in the eastern Himalayas, but also in the Western Ghats, is thought to be a notable source of these leaves,Casson, Lionel. ''The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text With Introduction, Translation, and Commentary'' 1989. Princeton University Press p. 241 although other species of '' Cinnamomum'' an