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This Spice obtains from the inner bark of many trees from genus cinnamon. It is used in both sweets and savory foods. It is native to South East Asia, but its origin in Europe was mysterious until sixteen century. The source of this spice was protect by the traders to protect their monopoly, it is native to Shri Lanka. It was imported to Egypt as early as 2000 bc. It was too expensive to be commonly used for funeral pyre in Rome but the imperial Nero burned the one year supply of the city at the funeral for his wife poppaea in A.D. 65.