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Saigon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi, also known as Vietnamese cinnamon or Vietnamese cassia and Qu? Trà My or Qu? Thanh in Vietnam) is an evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
 in the genus Cinnamomum
Cinnamomum

Cinnamomum is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The species of Cinnamomum have aromatic oils in their Leaf and bark....
, indigenous to mainland Southeast Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. Despite its name, it is more closely related to Cassia (C. aromaticum) than to Cinnamon
Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree 10?15 metres tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and is native to Sri Lanka.The leaf are ovate-oblong in shape, 7?18 cm long....
 (C. verum), though in the same genus as both. Saigon cinnamon has 1-5% essential oil in content and 25% cinnamaldehyde
Cinnamaldehyde

Cinnamic aldehyde or cinnamaldehyde is the chemical compound that gives cinnamon its flavor and odor.Cinnamaldehyde occurs naturally in the bark of cinnamon trees and other species of the genus Cinnamomum like camphor and cassia....
 in essential oil, which is the highest of any cinnamon all over the world.






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Saigon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi, also known as Vietnamese cinnamon or Vietnamese cassia and Qu? Trà My or Qu? Thanh in Vietnam) is an evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
 in the genus Cinnamomum
Cinnamomum

Cinnamomum is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The species of Cinnamomum have aromatic oils in their Leaf and bark....
, indigenous to mainland Southeast Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. Despite its name, it is more closely related to Cassia (C. aromaticum) than to Cinnamon
Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree 10?15 metres tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and is native to Sri Lanka.The leaf are ovate-oblong in shape, 7?18 cm long....
 (C. verum), though in the same genus as both. Saigon cinnamon has 1-5% essential oil in content and 25% cinnamaldehyde
Cinnamaldehyde

Cinnamic aldehyde or cinnamaldehyde is the chemical compound that gives cinnamon its flavor and odor.Cinnamaldehyde occurs naturally in the bark of cinnamon trees and other species of the genus Cinnamomum like camphor and cassia....
 in essential oil, which is the highest of any cinnamon all over the world. Consequently, out of the three forms of Cassia, it commands the highest price. Saigon cinnamon is considered to be the fame of Cao Son Ng?c Qu? (gem cinnamon on high mountain).

The scientific name was originally spelled as Cinnamomum loureirii, but because the species is named after the botanist João de Loureiro
João de Loureiro

Jo?o de Loureiro was a Portugal Jesuit missionary, paleontologist, physician and botanist.In 1742 he travelled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 30 years....
, this is to be treated under the ICBN as an orthographic error for the correctly derived spelling of loureiroi.

Production and uses

Saigon Cinnamon is produced primarily in Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
, both for domestic use and export. The Vietnam War
Vietnam War

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
 disrupted production, but since the beginning of the early 21st century Vietnam has resumed export of the spice, including to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, where it was unavailable for nearly 20 years. Although it is called Saigon Cinnamon, it is not produced in the area around the southern city of Saigon, but instead in the central and northern regions of the country, particularly the Qu?ng Nam Province of central Vietnam.

Saigon Cinnamon is used primarily for its aromatic bark
BARK

BARK was an early Electromechanics. BARK was built using standard phone relays, implementing a 32-bit binary machine and could perform addition in 150 ms and multiplication in 250 ms....
, which is quite similar to that of Cassia
Cassia

Cassia is an evergreen tree native to southern China, Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam. Like its close relative, cinnamon , it is used primarily for its aromatic bark, which is used as a spice, often under the culinary name of "cinnamon"....
 but with a more pronounced, complex aroma.

In Vietnamese cuisine
Cuisine of Vietnam

Vietnamese cuisine is known for its common use of fish sauce, soy sauce, rice, fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables. Vietnamese recipes use a diverse range of herbs, including Cymbopogon, mint, Vietnamese mint, Eryngium foetidum and Thai basil leaves....
, Saigon Cinnamon bark is an important ingredient in the broth used to make the noodle soup called ph?
Ph?

Ph? is a traditional Vietnamese cuisine thinly sliced meat and rice-noodle soup dish....
.

External links

  • from Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
  • from The Spice House site
  • from the Quang Nam Province
    Quang Nam Province

    Quang Nam is a Provinces of Vietnam on the Nam Trung Bo of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thua Thien Hue province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province province to the south, Quang Ngai Province province to the southwest, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the northeast....
     of central Vietnam


See also

  • Cassia
    Cassia

    Cassia is an evergreen tree native to southern China, Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam. Like its close relative, cinnamon , it is used primarily for its aromatic bark, which is used as a spice, often under the culinary name of "cinnamon"....
  • Cinnamomum
    Cinnamomum

    Cinnamomum is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The species of Cinnamomum have aromatic oils in their Leaf and bark....
  • Cinnamon
    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree 10?15 metres tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and is native to Sri Lanka.The leaf are ovate-oblong in shape, 7?18 cm long....
  • Malabathrum
    Malabathrum

    Malabathrum, also known as Malobathrum or Malabar leaf, is the name used in classical and medieval texts for the leaf of the plant Cinnamomum tamala ....