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The cinnamon It is one of the most used natural condiments for cooking, a delicious ingredient for making teas, and also an excellent home fragrance. Although most of us get cinnamon sticks or powders directly from grocery stores, the truth is that this delicious ingredient originates from a large tree that can grow up to 15 meters high.
Would you like to know more about Cinnamomum? Next, we tell you more about its characteristics, its cultivation needs and also how it turns into the delicious and sweet cinnamon that we have all tried on occasion.
How to grow the cinnamon tree
Sourced from India, this evergreen tree requires to be grown in hot and humid climates with average temperatures between 24 and 30º. Hence, it is also cultivated in some other countries in southern China, in Madagascar or in Brazil, for example.
The cinnamon tree should also be grown in rainy areas of tropical climate, with sandy soils with good drainage and a high content of organic matter. Soil that is too muddy would limit its growth and deteriorate the quality of the bark.
Despite the fact that, as we said, it is a tree of important dimensions, the Cinnamomum It can be grown in smaller sizes as a shrub, inhibiting its growth through pruning of the main tips of the tree's stems.
Regarding reproduction, this specimen can develop through sowing seeds (more recommended) or through transplanting cuttings Of the same.
But, Where does cinnamon come from? Specifically from the tree bark, which is collected in the rainy months and left to dry for marketing.
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