is cinnamon and cinnamon bark the same thing?
Cinnamon Leaf, cinnamomum verum, is true cinnamon. It is also from an evergreen tree, this one native to Sri Lanka. ... Cinnamon Bark, from the same plant/tree as Cinnamon Leaf, is one of the primary antifungal and antibacterial essential oils, though it should be used with great care (less than 0.1%) on the skin.