cassia
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Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees.
Cassia may also refer to:
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Plants
=Cinnamon trees=
- Cinnamomum cassia ({{lang|zh|{{linktext|肉桂}}}}, ròuguì), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern China and Indochina
- Other East Asian species of Cinnamomum, such as Cinnamomum burmannii (Indonesian cinnamon) and C. loureiroi, Saigon cinnamon
=Osmanthus=
- Osmanthus fragrans ({{lang|zh|{{linktext|桂花}}}}, guìhuā), is the osmanthus or sweet olive found in southern China and Indochina
=Beans=
- Cassia (genus), a genus of trees and shrubs in the bean family Fabaceae.
- Senna (plant), a genus of the bean family Fabaceae including species formerly treated in the genus Cassia, and used in herbal medicine:
- Senna obtusifolia, the Chinese senna or sicklepod
- Senna artemisioides, silver cassia or feathery cassia
- Vachellia farnesiana, another member of Fabaceae
Food
- Cassia gum, a food additive made from the seeds of Senna obtusifolia
- Cassia tea or senna tea, an herbal tea made from the seeds of Senna obtusifolia
- Carao syrup, or molasses, is made from boiling down bean pods of Cassia grandis, (Spanish: carao). It is a nutritious sweetener.
People
Places
- Cássia, a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Cassia County, Idaho
- Cassia Creek, in the Mining regions of Idaho
- Via Cassia, a Roman road
- Bandar Cassia, the 3rd satellite city of Penang, Malaysia
Other uses
- Cassia flask, a laboratory flask
See also
- Cassiar (disambiguation)
- Cassio (disambiguation)
- Cassius (disambiguation)
- Cassiane (born 1972), Brazilian gospel singer
- Kassia, Byzantine saint and hymnographer
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