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Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
The inner bark that built a trade — blood-sugar folklore, a kitchen spice, and a tropical tree.
Flavor
True cinnamon is sweet, floral, and delicate. Cassia is hotter, woodier, and louder.
Symptoms
indigestion, cold, inflammation
In favor
A true kitchen medicine
Against
Cassia coumarin at high daily dose
Grow lab
Yes
Days to harvest
Bark in commercial culture after 2–3 years of coppice; a pot tree is for leaves and perfume