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Cinnamomum Cassia

This furnishes cassia bark, which is much like cinnamon, but thicker, coarser, stronger, less delicate in flavor, and cheaper; hence it is often used to adulterate cinnamon. The unexpanded flower buds...

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This furnishes cassia bark, which is much

like cinnamon, but thicker, coarser, stronger, less delicate in

flavor, and cheaper; hence it is often used to adulterate

cinnamon. The unexpanded flower buds are sold as cassia buds,

possessing properties similar to those of the bark. It is grown

in southern China, Java, and tropical countries generally.



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