Syzygium aromaticum
Habit | tree
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Height: | ⇕ | 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50. |
Width: | ⇔ | 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | evergreen, edible |
USDA Zones: | 11 to 12 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. Cloves are native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisines all over the world.
The clove tree is an evergreen which grows to a height ranging from 8–12 m, having large square leaves and sanguine flowers in numerous groups of terminal clusters. The flower buds are at first of a pale color and gradually become green, after which they develop into a bright red, when they are ready for collecting. Cloves are harvested when 1.5–2 cm long, and consist of a long calyx, terminating in four spreading sepals, and four unopened petals which form a small ball in the center.
Read about Syzygium aromaticum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Syzygium aromaticum (Eugenia aromatica, Baill., not Berg. Caryophyllus aromdticus, Linn. E. caryophyllata, Thunb. Jambosa Caryophyllus, Ndz.). Clove Tree. Lvs. ovate-oblong, acute, strongly tapering to the conspicuous petiole, 2-5 in. long, coriaceous, dotted; lateral veins numerous, parallel, the cross-veinlets obscure: fls. in terminal trichotomous cymes, pale purple, only ¼ in. across. Moluccas.—Widely cult, in the tropics. The fls. are the cloves of commerce.
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