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