Cinnamomum verum (binomen ab Ioanne Presl anno 1825 statutum) est species arborum aromaticorum generis Cinnamomi e qua provenit corticulus aromaticus "cinnamum" seu cinnamomum appellatus.
1750 : Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 7 p. 64; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 233