It generally grows under the shade of larger trees in dense forests composed of Sideroxylon, Lysiloma, Swietenia, Bursera, Hypelate, Dipholis, and Nectandra.
Canella, a plant genus containing the single species Canella winterana, also called "wild cinnamon" and "white cinnamon", a tree native to the Caribbean from the Florida Keys to Barbados
After much lobbying from Canella heirs and friends, on June 10, 1970, the Roman Catholic Church officially released a press statement by Cardinal and Secretary of the Vatican State Giovanni Benelli, asserting that in the Church's eyes, the man was Giulio Canella, and his sons were to be considered legitimate.