|
|
Article: All about cinnamon.(The homestead kitchen)
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Countryside Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Kyle is a 17-year-old home-schooled student who wrote this article for a recent school project. He thought other readers would be interested in knowing more about this interesting spice.
The spice that is called cinnamon comes from the bark of the cinnamon tree. This tree has between 50 to 200 species, the exact count has not been agreed upon by all botanists. The most common varieties are the Cinnamomum zeylancium or Ceylon cinnamon, and Cinnamomum aromaticum, or Chinese cinnamon. Chinese cinnamon is also called cassia. Cassia is a relative of cinnamon; the differences between the two will be discussed later.
The cinnamon tree is of the species ...