Summary ²

Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian trees related to the "true cinnamon" (C. verum) of Sri Lanka. Cassia is the typical "cinnamon" marketed in North America but is distinguished from it in Europe.

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2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassia

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• iNat taxon page
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