Taxon: Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• clove   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• cloves   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• clovetree   (Source: F Viti ) – English
  
• giroflier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Gewürznelkenbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• cravo-da-Índia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• cavo-aromático   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cravo-das-molucas   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cravo-de-doce   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• árbol del clavo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• clavero giroflé   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• clavo de olor   (Source: B. León, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• kryddnejlika   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (major source of cloves fide F Ceylon)
  
• Materials: beads   (fide Bot Beads World; as web document)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Social: smoking material   (component of Kretak cigarettes fide Ency CNatIn)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia - Moluccas

• also cultivated in paleotropics

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• León, B. 1998. pers. comm. [re. Spanish common names].
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
• Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). A:257.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Syzygium aromaticum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Syzygium aromaticum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Syzygium aromaticum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Caryophyllus aromaticus L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (≡) Eugenia aromatica (L.) Baill.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Eugenia caryophyllus (Spreng.) Bullock & S. G. Harrison
  

Check other web resources for Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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