Cloves, a valuable Oriental spice, are air-dried unopened flower buds from a 10-12m evergreen tree, hand-plucked with a pink flush after 7 years, yielding essential oil from buds, leaves, and stalks, with trees producing for over 80 years.
Foreign Name:
Arabic : Kabsh ,Qarunfil Chinese : Ding xiang French : Clou de girofle Indonesian : Cengkeh German : Nelke
Uses:
Clove, used whole or ground, serves as a culinary spice and flavouring agent in both sweet and savory dishes. Valued in medicine for its carminative, aromatic, and stimulant properties, clove oil’s antiseptic and antibiotic benefits are widely applied in dentistry, oral care, soaps, perfumes, and even aid in sugar assimilation for diabetics.