Distribution of producing area of Cassia seed

Cassia seed is the dry mature seed of Cassia or Cassia. It is famous for its bright vision. It is planted in the south of the Yangtze River in China, and its producing areas are mainly located in Anhui, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places. Let's take a look!

Distribution of producing area of Cassia seed

Cassia seed commodities come from both wild and cultivated products. Cassia and Little Cassia are distributed in most parts of the country, mainly in Bengbu, Wuhu, Heqing and Hefei in Anhui, Wenjiang, Jintang and Shiqi in Sichuan, Qingyuan, Gaoyao and Deqing in Guangdong, and Hanqiao in Zhejiang.

The producing environment of cassia seed

Cassia is an annual, erect, sturdy herb, 1-2 meters high, yellow flowers, slender pods, four-prism-shaped, small plants, pods shorter, born on hillsides, roadsides and wilderness, etc., like high temperature and humid climate, suitable for sandy loam, humus soil or medium fertilizer soil.

Character Identification of Cassia seed

1. Cassia seed: Cassia seed is quadrilateral short cylindrical, obtusely round at one end, tilted and pointed at the other end, 4 mm 6 mm long and 2 mm 3 mm wide, with a brownish green or dark brown surface, smooth and glossy, with a raised ridge on each side of the dorsal ventral side, with a light brown dent oblique from the umbilical point to the chalazal point on each side, hard, thin cross-sectional seed coat, endosperm gray, translucent, and embryo yellow. The two cotyledons overlap with S-shaped curvature, complete seed gas is absent, there is fishy smell after breaking, taste is slightly bitter, slightly sticky, with full seeds and green brown color is the best.

2. Small cassia seed: small cassia seed is short cylindrical, 3-5 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide, with a broad light yellowish brown band on each side of the edge line, with full grains and green-brown color.