CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
morphologically to distinguish one from the other in the whole form, it is difficult to<br />
identify them in powder form..<br />
The quality of cinnamon depends, among other factors, on the region where it is<br />
grown. Ceylon Cinnamon and cinnamon from the SEYCHELLES Island are considered<br />
to be among the best. In India, cinnamon is grown on the West coast. At Anjarakkandi,<br />
Cannamore district, Kerala, there is a 248 acre Randa Tara cinnamon plantation – one of<br />
the biggest and perhaps the oldest cinnamon plantation in Asia. It also grows on the<br />
Western Ghats, from South Canara southwards at lower altitudes.<br />
VARIETIES OF <strong>CINNAMON</strong><br />
Several cultivars are known, but mostly sweet or honey types are cultivated<br />
extensively. For bark and bark oil, 2 varieties of cinnamon viz., Navashree (sl 63) and<br />
Nithyashree (IN 189) yielding 55.6 kg and 54.2 kg dry bark/ha/year, respectively have<br />
been recommended for cultivation. These were selected based on their regeneration<br />
capacity, yield and quality. They have leaf oil recovery of 2.8% &3% and eugenol<br />
content of 62%& 78%, respectively. A eugenol- rich leaf oil yielding cinnamon variety<br />
Sugandhini (ODC-130) with a leaf oil yield of 300 ml/tree/ year , oil recovery 1.6% on<br />
fresh weight basis (3.7% on fresh weight basis) and eugenol 94% is recommended for<br />
leaf oil. Young flushes of IISR Navashree are purple in colour which turn into green in 7<br />
–10 days, while in IISR Nithyashree this occurs in just 2 days. Both the lines are<br />
recommended for all cinnamon growing regions of the country. SL 63 (IISR Navashree)<br />
is a superior open pollinated selection from Sri Lankan introductions. IISR Nithyashree is<br />
another superior open pollinated selection from elite tree from Anjarakandy, Cinnamore.<br />
GENETIC RESOURCES OF <strong>CINNAMON</strong><br />
Cinnamon and Cassia are like cousins and these are the two oldest spices known<br />
to mankind. Cinnamonum verum is the true cinnamon of commerce. Cassia is obtained<br />
from various like C. cassia, C.burmanii, C.loureirii and C.tamala.<br />
<strong>OR</strong>IGIN AND DISTRIBUTION<br />
Cinnamonum schaeffer (layraceae) is a large genys having more than 250 sps.,<br />
distributed in south and south- east asia, China and Australia . only a few sps., are<br />
important commercially. Cinnamon is the dried bark of Cinnamonum verum (syn. C.<br />
zeylanicum). It is indigenous to Sri Lanka which produces the largest quantity and best