CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports

) heavy [korachedi]
THIS SUBDIVISION IS BASED ON THE DEPTH OF PATCHES.
2] extent is determined by visual examination
3]Bale: A package of any one particular grade of quills wrapped with suitable material
for export.
TYPE SEYCHELLES
This is the bark of branches of Cinnamonum zeylanicum Blume, cultivated in
Seychelles. Cinnamon , type Seychelles , is produced in 4 forms.
• ROUGH CINNAMON BARK: Which consists of slightly curved, elongated,
irregular, medium or small pieces of the whole unscraped bark.
• SCRAPED CINNAMON BARK: which is obtained from younger shoots from
bushes of the same sps., :; the shoots are scraped with a curved knife before the
bark is detached from the wood.
• QUILLS AND QUILLINGS: which are prepared from the young shoots of
bushes, in a way similar to that used for cinnamon, type Sri Lanka [Ceylon]
GRADES/CLASSIFICATIONS OF CINNAMON ,TYPE SEYCHELLES AND
TYPE MADAGASCAR
Commercial designation of the grade Physical characteristics of the bark
1. Whole tubes[ full tubes] Tubes of length about 15cm and bark
thickness upto 1mm
2. Pieces of scraped bark Broken pieces, rough and grooved
scraped bark of thickness upto 2 mm
3. Pieces of unscraped bark Broken pieces, rough and grooved, of
width upto about 3 cm and length upto
20 cm. the bark can be upto 5 mm thick
4. Chips, flakes of unscraped bark Small pieces of unscarped bark of
cinnamon stems