Cinnamon Stick

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of Cinnamomum Verum (cinnamon tree). Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavoring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfast, cereals, snack foods, tea and traditional foods.

Cinnamon has been an important medicine for thousands of years, used to treat everything from bronchitis to heart disease. Cinnamon can lower blood sugar levels and reduce glucose and cholesterol levels, improve blood pressure, and stimulate weight loss. Cinnamon is often found in dental-hygiene products and is sold as cinnamon supplements because it is antimicrobial and antifungal.

Cinnamon is naturally seen in the forests of Western Ghats and commercially cultivated in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Being a hardy plant, Cinnamon is adapted to a Wide range of climatic conditions. It grows well at an altitude of about 1.000m and an annual rainfall of 200—250cm is ideal for its cultivation.