Cassia

Cassia may refer to:

Plants

• Cassia (legume), a tree/shrub genus in the bean family (Fabaceae)
• Cinnamomum aromaticum (cassia or Chinese cinnamon), a cinnamon tree from southern China and Indochina which produces the spice cassia bark
• other species of Cinnamomum, a tree genus in the laurel family (Lauraceae)

• Senna obtusifolia (Chinese Senna or Sicklepod), formerly called Cassia - a source of Cassia gum; seeds are used as an herbal tea in East Asia.
• Senna artemisioides, commonly known as Silver Cassia or Feathery Cassia
• other species of the Senna (plant) genus of the bean family (Fabaceae)

• locally for introduced Needle Bush (Acacia farnesiana), another Fabaceae

Spices

• Cassia bark, cassia, or Chinese cinnamon - a spice made from the bark of the Cinnamomum aromaticum tree
• Cinnamon, a similar spice for which cassia is often substituted.

Food

• Cassia gum, a food additive made from the seeds of Senna obtusifolia (Cassia obtusifolia, Chinese Senna, or Sicklepod)
• Cassia or Senna tea, East Asian herbal tea made from seeds of Senna obtusifolia (Cassia obtusifolia, Chinese Senna, or Sicklepod)

Persons

• Cassia (name)

Other

• Cássia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Cassia (planet), a planet in A. Livadny's science fiction book series Expansion: The History of the Galaxy
• Cassia County, Idaho
• Cassia Creek, Idaho
• Via Cassia, a Roman road leading out of Rome

See also

• Cassio (disambiguation)
• Cassius (disambiguation)
• Cassiane (born 1972), Brazilian Gospel Singer
• Kassia, Byzantine saint and hymnographer