Cassia
# 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
