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Cinnamon - Amazing bark

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                                Dalchini / Twak / Cinnamon / Cinnamomum zeylanicum                 Cinnamon are also called Ceylon Cinnamon ,are evergreen tree and spice derived from its bark . Cinnamon is   generally native to Sri Lanka , the neighboring Malabar coast of India and Burma . The Cinnamon tree grow in moist well drained soil and height of tree up to 12-14 meter . The spice , consisting of the dried inner bark , is brown in color and has delicately fragrant aroma . The bark is peeled off after the sixth years old which is called cinnamon sticks .Leaves are dark green in color below and flowers small and yellowish to white colored with unpleasant odor with grow in bunches . The fruit oval shaped and dark purple color holding seed inside it . Cinnamaldehyde and Cinnamic alcohol are co...