Wild cinnamon of Borneo

There are about 250 species of Cinnamomum in the tropical and subtropical regions, mostly in Asia and some in South and Central America, and Australia (Mabberley 2008). To date, 628 binomials of the genus have been published on the International Plant Names Index (http://www.ipni.org, last accessed 30 October 2010) and 33 of these are attributed to species occurring in Borneo. Kostermans was the pioneering figure in the revision of Malesian Lauraceae in the 20th century.