Product description native to southeast asia cinnamon is a spice made from the inner bark of the genuscinnamomum an evergreen of the laurel family there are two main varieties of cinnamon cinnamomum zeylanicum known as true cinnamon and cinnamomum aromaticum also known as cassia the historical use of cinnamon can be traced back to 2000 bc in ancient egypt where it was highly valued and used as a form of currency the beneficial properties were utilized by ancient health practitioners suc