Cinnamon (Que)
Cinnamomum loureiroi
About Cinnamon (Que)
Cinnamon (Que) (Cinnamomum loureiroi) is a herb used in the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Cold, Digestive Issues, Circulation, and Diabetes. The bark is the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Saigon cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi, also known as Vietnamese cinnamon or Vietnamese cassia and quế trà my, quế thanh, or " quế trà bồng" in Vietnam) is an evergreen tree indigenous to mainland Southeast Asia. Despite its name, Saigon cinnamon is more closely related to cassia (C. cassia) than to cinnamon (C. verum, “true cinnamon”, Ceylon cinnamon), though in the same genus as both. Saigon cinnamon has 1-5% essential oil in content and 25% cinnamaldehyde in essential...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist