Chinese cinnamon is from the tree species bearing that name, but Indonesian (or Korintje) and Vietnamese (or Saigon) come from closely related species. When there’s no mention of its origin on ...

Not all cinnamon is the same. It turns out that cassia cinnamon is more commonly found in spice cabinets than the more expensive Ceylon cinnamon.

The tree is drought tolerant. ‘Originally from China, Japan and Korea, the camphor tree shows the ‘vacation effect’ peculiar to so many trees: It does very well in a new environment.

For the U.S. market, cinnamon is largely imported from Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, India and China. One way that lead could accumulate in cinnamon tree bark is when trees are cultivated in ...

Levels of coumarin in cassia cinnamon vary greatly even in bark from the same tree Date: November 4, 2010 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: A "huge" variation exists in the amounts of ...