Leaf Spot and Dieback Disease of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. P. Karunakaran, Research Fellow, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani-695522, Kerala, India. M. Chandrasekharan Nair, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani-695522, Kerala, India. Plant Dis. 64:220-221. Accepted for publication 17 September 1979. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-220.

An outbreak of a leaf spot and dieback disease of Cinnamomum zeylanicum occurred in 1978 in Kerala, India. The causal agent isolated from infected leaves was identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. This is the first record of this organism on C. zeylanicum.