Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian trees related to

the "true cinnamon" (Cinnamomum verum) of Sri Lanka. Cassia is the typical "cinnamon"
marketed in North America but is distinguished from it in Europe.[citation needed]
It may also refer to:

Plants
Cinnamon trees
Cinnamomum cassia (, rugu), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern
China and Indochina
Other East Asian species of Cinnamomum, such as C. burmannii (Indonesian cinnamon)
and C. loureiroi (the Vietnamese cinnamon)
Osmanthus
Osmanthus fragrans (, guhu), is the osmanthus or sweet olive found in southern
China and Indochina. References to the osmanthus in Chinese literature and poetry are o