DESCRIPTION
The dried aromatic inner bark in the genus Cinnamomum are often ground and used as a spice.
COMMON NAMES
Zeylanicum, Cinnamon Oil.
BLENDS WITH:
Olibanum, ylang ylang, orange, mandarin, benzoin, Peru balsam and in oriental-type mixtures blend well with Cinnamon Bark oil
CONSTITUENTS
Aromatic essential oil(0.5%-1%),macerating,cinnamaldehyde (about 60 % of the bark oil),ethyl cinnamate, eugenol (found mostly in the leaves), beta-caryophyllene, linalool, and methyl chavicol.
USES
The cinnamon bark oil is used majorly in medicine, flavoring, and perfumery industry.