CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports

common adulterant for the bark oil and in that respect, leaf oil completes with clove stem
and clove leaf oil. Cinnamon leaf oil is used as an embrocation in rheumatism.
ROOT BARK OIL
The root bark yields 3% oil which differs from both stem bark and leaf oils. It is a
colourless liquid with a camphoraceous odour. It has
1) specific gravity: 0.994
2) optical rotation D: +50 c
it contains camphor, pinnene, cineole, dipentene, phellandrene, eugenol, safrole,
caryophyllene, borneol and possibly cinnamic and benzoic aldehydes. Camphor separates
out on allowing the oil to stand. The oil, however, is not an article of commerce.
SEED OIL
The seed contains 33% fixed oil; formerly used for making candles. The oil, also
called ‘cinnamon suet’ is obtained by boiling crushed ripe fruits suspended in water. The
oleoresins matter rises to the surface and solidifies on cooling.
CINNAMON BUDS
Cinnamon buds are as good for flavouring and spicing as the bark itself.
CINNAMON WOOD
Cinnamon wood provides a soft timber for use as a low grade board wood.
Timber is moderately soft, not very strong, seasons without difficulty , but warps, splits,
crackers and is liable to strain. It is faintly scented, straight grained, medium and fairly
even textured.
Thus, almost every part of the cinnamon tree is useful in one way or the other.
OLEORESIN
The term ‘cinnamon oleoresin’ is a general one and includes the oleoresins
extracted with organic solvents from any of the 4 commercial sps., of cinnamonum or,
may be, mixtures of them by a few spice processors in, principally, the USA and the UK,
but also in France and the Netherlands. The oleoresins from Ceylon cinnamon , C.verum