阴香（学名：Cinnamomum burmannii）属樟科，为常绿高大乔木。叶不规则对生或散生，革质，卵形至长卵形，长6－10厘米，宽2.5－4厘米；叶顶短渐尖，基部阔楔形；具明显离基三出脉，叶柄长0.6至1.2公分。脉腋无腺体，以此与香樟区别。圆锥花序生枝顶或叶腋，花被长5毫米，内外均被毛。果卵形，长8毫米，果托齿裂，齿顶端平。

其叶可作芳香植物原料，亦可入药（味辛，气香，能祛风）。此树也提供木材，常在园林作绿化树、行道树。分布于海南，广东、广西、江西、浙江、福建、云南等地。

阴香皮乃阴香的树皮，又名广东桂皮（《中国树木分类学》、坎香草、阴草《生草药性备要》、山肉桂、山玉桂、香胶叶《岭南采药录》、胶桂、假桂枝、山桂、月桂、野玉桂、鸭母桂、香胶仔、潺桂。

Cinnamomum burmannii, also known as Indonesian cinnamon, Padang cassia, Batavia cassia, or korintje, is one of several plants in the genus Cinnamomum whose bark is sold as the spice cinnamon. The most common and cheapest type of cinnamon in the US is made from powdered C. burmannii. Cinnamomum burmannii oil contains no eugenol., but higher amounts of coumarin than cassia and Ceylon cinnamon with 2.14 g/kg in an authenticated sample. It is also sold as quills of one layer.