Clove
| Clove | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| Phylum: | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Faimily: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Syzygium |
| Species: | S. aromaticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merrill & Perry | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cloves is the aromatic dried flouer buds o a tree in the faimily Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. Cloves is native tae the Maluku islands in Indonesie an uised as a spice in cuisines the warld ower. Cloves is hairstit primarily in Indonesie, Indie, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, an Sri Lanka. Thay hae a numbin effect on mooth tissues.
The clove tree is an evergreen that graws tae a hicht rangin frae 8–12 m, haein lairge leafs an sanguine flouers in numerous groups o terminal clusters. The flouer buds is at first o a fauch colour an gradually acome green, efter whilk thay develop intae a bricht reid, whan thay are ready for collectin. Cloves are harvestit when 1.5–2 cm lang, an consist o a lang calyx, terminatin in fower spreadin sepals, an fower unopened petals that form a smaa baw in the center.
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