Cassia has a strong, sweet taste and aroma more like Cinnamon and is found in isolated places in
Mizoram and
Tamil Nadu. The plant is an evergreen fragrant tree. The skin is gray, smooth and thick up to 1.5 cm. The leaves are oblong-elliptic, dark shiny green and with three prominent nerves from the base. The flowers are small with axillary panicles. The fruits are black, pulpy, aromatic, elliptic drupes with a single seed borne in the cup of the calyx lobe.
Cassia is used in savory dishes. Cassia is added while preparing mixed spice and Chinese five spices. In medicine, it is used for gastro intestinal disorders. It is also known as Chinese Cinnamon.
