The genus Cinnamomum

Little crop improvement work has gone into the Chinese cassia in China or Vietnam,
where the production is located. This is true of the Indonesian cassia as well. In all
these countries cassia cinnamon is treated, and is managed and exploited as a forest
tree crop.
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