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Tynanthus guatemalensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Tynanthus guatemalensis, commonly known as chib' iyal (Q'eqchi Maya) or ch'ajá xuu' (Yucatec Maya), is a flowering plant species in the genus Tynanthus. It contains the chemical eugenol, the chemical responsible for the cinnamon aroma in the cinnamon plant. However, T. guatemalensis is not closely related to the cinnamon plant.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0