title: Cassia
text: # Cassia
  
  Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees.
  
  Cassia may also refer to:
  
  ## Plants
  
  ### Cinnamon trees
  
  * Cinnamomum cassia (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 (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
  
  * Cassia (name)
  * Cassia gens
  
  ## 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
  