Clove

Clove
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
Caryophyllus aromaticus L. Eugenia aromatica (L.) Baill. Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb. Eugenia caryophyllus (Spreng.) Bullock & S. G. Harrison

Clove ootput in 2005

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.