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Taxon:
Syzygium aromaticum
(L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Syzygium
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Syzygieae
Nomen number:
50069
Place of publication:
Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts ser. 2, 18:196. 1939
Verified:
03/17/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Caryophyllus aromaticus
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Eugenia aromatica
(L.) Baill.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eugenia caryophyllata
Thunb.
Eugenia caryophyllus
(Spreng.) Bullock & S. G. Harrison
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
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.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
León, B.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
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 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
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).
URL:
http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_46.html
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:257.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
clove –
Reference(s)
cloves –
Reference(s)
clovetree –
Reference(s)
French
giroflier –
Reference(s)
German
Gewürznelkenbaum –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
cravo-da-Índia –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
cavo-aromático –
Reference(s)
cravo-das-molucas –
Reference(s)
cravo-de-doce –
Reference(s)
Spanish
árbol del clavo –
Reference(s)
clavero giroflé –
Reference(s)
clavo de olor –
Reference(s)
Swedish
kryddnejlika –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Maluku
2
Cultivated
also cult. in paleotropics
Native
Asia-Tropical
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Maluku]
Cultivated
(also cult. in paleotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
major source of cloves
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Materials
beads
Smith, R. J.
Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_46.html
Materials
essential oils
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Social
smoking material
component of Kretak cigarettes
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Name
References