SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Cinnamonum Verum
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Prevents clogging of platelets in the blood vessels, and helps prevent stroke and coronary artery disease
NUTRIENT VALUE :
Potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, zinc, and magnesium
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Citron is used in pastries and sweets; it is candied and used for decoration. It is used in cakes, cookies and puddings. It is sometimes eaten in savory dishes and is used to make jam and marmalade.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Cinnamon / Chinese Cassia
- Tamil : Lavangapattai / Karuvapattai
- Malayalam : Karuvapatta
- Telugu : Dalchina Chekka / Dalchini / Lavangapatta
- Kannada : Dalchini / Lavanga Chakke
- Hindi : Dalchini / Darchini / Tuj
- Bengali : Daroochini / Daalchini
- Gujarati : Tuj / Dalchini
- Konkani : Dalchini / Chekka / Thike Sal
- Marathi : Dalchini
- Oriya : Dalachini
- Punjabi : Dalchini
- Tulu : Ijinda Kethae
- Urudu : Dalchini
