Used plant part Bark of young branches. Sensoric quality Similar to cassia . Main constituents I have not found any references, but probably similar to cassia .
Slime content is also rather high.
Saigon cinnamon has now rather vanished from the European market. It has been much traded in East European countries before the fall of the Iron Curtain, but, for its low quality, is now hardly found outside Vietnam. On the topic of South Vietnamese soups, see Vietnamese coriander . For a comparision of different cinnamon species, see Indonesian cinnamon .