Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum), in English called cloves, are the aromatic dried flower stalks of the family Myrtaceae tree. Cloves are native to Indonesia, widely used as a spice in the spicy cuisine of European countries, and as the main ingredient typical Indonesian clove cigarettes. Cloves planted mainly in Indonesia (Banda Islands) and Madagascar, while also grown in Zanzibar, India, and Sri Lanka.
Clove tree is an annual plant that can grow to 10-20 m tall, has oval shaped leaves that bloom in the shoot-bud. Fruit stalk at first green, and red if the flowers are blooming. Cloves will be harvested when it reaches 1.5 to 2 cm long.
Cloves can be used as a spice, either in an intact form or as powder. This spice is used in Europe and Asia. Particularly in Indonesia, cloves are used as raw clove cigarettes. Cloves are also used as incense in the People's Republic of China and Japan. Clove oil is used in aromatherapy and also to treat toothache. Leaves dry, finely ground cloves can be used as botanical and effective for controlling Fusarium stem rot disease den 
History of Cloves
In the fourth century, leaders from China's Han Dynasty ordered every person who approached him for previously chewed cloves, for harumlah breath. Cloves, nutmeg and pepper are very expensive in Roman times. Cloves be exchanging material by the Arabs in the Middle Ages. At the end of the 15th century, the Portuguese took over the exchange of road in the Indian Ocean. Together it is also taken over the clove trade with treaty of Tordesillas with Spain, while also premises n agreement with sultanTernate. The Portuguese brought a lot of cloves which they obtained from the Maluku islands to Europe. At that time the price of 1 kg of clove equal to the price of 7 grams of gold.
Finally clove trade was dominated by the Dutch in the 17th century. With great difficulty the French succeeded in civilizing Clove trees in Mauritius in 1770. Finally clove cultivated in Guyana, Brazil and Zanzibar. In the 17th century and 18th centuries in England clove price equal to the price of gold due to high import costs. Because clove there as one of the most nutritious food for residents and surrounding plants that consume these cloves. Up to se
The essential oil of clove has a function of anesthetic and antimicrobial. Clove oil is often used to eliminate bad breath and to relieve toothache. Substances contained in cloves called eugenol, used dentist to soothe tooth nerve. Clove oil is also used in traditional mixture chōjiyu (1% clove oil in mineral oil; "Choji" means clove; "yu" means oil) and used by the Japanese to treat the surface of their swords ka.
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