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90% of the world's production of cinnamon comes from Sri Lanka, according to The International Herald Tribune 2006. It is also grown commercially in Tellicherry (southern India), Bangladesh, China, Java, Sumatra, the West Indies, Brazil, Vietnam, Madagascar, Zanzibar, and Egypt. As for the physical plant, cinnamon is grown on cinnamon trees and harvested by cinnamon farmers (usually slave children).
The cinnamon tree is part of the laurel family, to which the cassia and the camphor trees belong. It grows best in light sandy, moist soil and is abundant in Sri Lanka, Java, China and India to name a few. The cinnamon grows to a maximum height of about 9 m (30 ft) and has a smooth ash colored bark and wide spreading branches. The outer bark is almost odorless and of little value. The commercial cinnamon is obtained from the darker inner bark. An aromatic oil is extracted from the bark. Cinnamon was used in the preparation of holy anointing oil as one of the choicest perfumes.
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∙ 13y agoCinnamon trees are evergreens that grow up to 50 feet tall, and the bark is used as a spice of the same name. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka but was grown in China more than 4,000 years ago. Today, it is also grown commercially in Brazil, Java, Madagascar, Vietnam, the West Indies and Zanzibar. Here's how to grow cinnamon...
Growing cinnamon is not an easy task. The tree must be grown for two years, after which it is cut down. The next year, little shoots appear. These shoots are stripped of their thin inner bark. The bark is dried and the outcome is cinnamon! Cinnamon sticks are curled up the way they are because this is the natural way the bark dries after being stripped from the tree.
Many plantations keep the trees to a small bush size. Nevertheless, the Laurel tree can grow up to 65 feet. The stems are cut back on a continuous basis so new stems will grow and more bark can be cut. When cut, the inner lining and outer bark are scraped off and the rest is left to dry. It eventually curls into what is called quills, and in true cinnamon, these quills are rolled together for the final product.
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∙ 14y agowhere does cinnomon come from.
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Where does Cinnamon?
cinnamon was originally grown in Indonesia and is still grown there today
Where is cinnamon grown in India?
cinnamon is not widely grown in India but it is grown little in kerela
Is cinnamon grown worldwide?
Nope.
Is cinnamon grown in North America?
No. True cinnamon is native to Sri Lanka. The cinnamon we use in North America is from the cassia tree and is grown in Asia, Central and South America.
How did cinnamon get to America?
For the most part, cinnamon didn't get to America. What is sold in stores as Cinnamon is actually Cassia instead. There is some true cinnamon grown in Mexico, but Mexico also imports a lot of true cinnamon from Sri Lanka. The cinnamon grown in Mexico is a cultivated crop. The plants would have been imported by someone who thought it a profitable crop to raise.
How is cinnamon prepared after you get it from the tree?
After the tree is cut down you have to wait a year, until you see little shoots, within these shoots is soft inner bark, which is then dried and voila you have cinnamon! The reason cinnamon is curled is because when the bark dries it rolls itself up into what we know as cinnamon sticks, if you want powder cinnamon it's just the grinding of cinnamon sticks. Cinnamon was originally grown and is still most commonly grown in Sri Lanka.
Where in the world is cinnamon harvested?
Cinnamon is grown is Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Madagascar, Indonesia, China, India, and Vietnam. Two-thirds of the total cinnamon producation comes from Indonesia.
Are cash crops grown in southeast Asia?
Rice, Wheat, Cinnamon, poppies.
What cash crops are grown in southeast Asia?
Rice, Wheat, Cinnamon, poppies.
Where is the cinnamon tree grown?
Native to Sri Lanka and India and is found primarily in tropical forests. Naturalized to the Philippines and the West Indies, it is not grown in the United States.
Does cinnamon grow in the US?
Cinnamon comes from Sri Lanka, and the tree is also grown commercially at Tellicherry in southern India, Java, Sumatra, the West Indies, Brazil, Vietnam, Madagascar, Zanzibar, and Egypt.
Which spice companies use true cinnamon?
For the best quality true (Ceylon) cinnamon, try Arayuma fair trade, organic cinnamon. I'ts guaranteed gluten-free, and grown by small-scale producers in Sri Lanka. i do not see why they would need to guarantee cinnamon as gluten free , For best results, I have heard Shanigs Ceylon Company exports True Cinnamon based in Sri Lanka. Most of the companies import Cinnamon bales from this company.
