In ancient Greece and Rome, the leaves were used to prepare a fragrant oil, called Oleum Malabathri, and were therefore valuable.
The bark is sometimes used for cooking, although it is regarded as inferior to true cinnamon or cassia.
Culinary herbs and spices,food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring,plants used primarily as herbal teas or tisanes,plant products that are purely medicinal,medicinal herbs.
Malabathrum
In ancient Greece and Rome, the leaves were used to prepare a fragrant oil, called Oleum Malabathri, and were therefore valuable.
The bark is sometimes used for cooking, although it is regarded as inferior to true cinnamon or cassia.