Cassia

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Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees.

Cassia may also refer to:

Plants

Cinnamon trees

• Cinnamomum cassia (肉桂, ròuguì), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern China and Indochina
• Other East Asian species of Cinnamomum, such as Cinnamomum burmannii (Indonesian cinnamon) and C. loureiroi, Saigon cinnamon

Osmanthus

• Osmanthus fragrans (桂花, guìhuā), is the osmanthus or sweet olive found in southern China and Indochina

Beans

• Cassia (genus), a genus of trees and shrubs in the bean family Fabaceae.
• Senna (plant), a genus of the bean family Fabaceae including species formerly treated in the genus Cassia, and used in herbal medicine:
  • Senna obtusifolia, the Chinese senna or sicklepod
  • Senna artemisioides, silver cassia or feathery cassia
• Vachellia farnesiana, another member of Fabaceae

Food

• Cassia gum, a food additive made from the seeds of Senna obtusifolia
• Cassia tea or senna tea, an herbal tea made from the seeds of Senna obtusifolia
• Carao syrup, or molasses, is made from boiling down bean pods of Cassia grandis, (Spanish: carao). It is a nutritious sweetener.

People

• Cassia (name)
• Cassia gens

Places

• Cássia, a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Cassia County, Idaho
• Cassia Creek, in the Mining regions of Idaho
• Via Cassia, a Roman road
• Bandar Cassia, the 3rd satellite city of Penang, Malaysia

Other uses

• Cassia flask, a laboratory flask

See also

• Cassiar (disambiguation)
• Cassio (disambiguation)
• Cassius (disambiguation)
• Cassiane (born 1972), Brazilian gospel singer
• Kassia, Byzantine saint and hymnographer

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