855
Syzygium
aromaticum (L.)Merr.& Perry
Synonym
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Myrtus caryophyllus
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Family
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Myrtaceae
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Local name
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English -Cloves
Malayalam-Karayambu
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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December-April
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Distribution
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Native of Molucanna Islands
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Cultivated
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Used as spice.Clove have been most famously applied
to toothache, and for mouth and throat inflammation
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Key botanical
characters :
Trees, 6 m high; bark pale brown. Leaves
simple, opposite; petiole 10-20 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 7-12 x 3-5
cm, elliptic or oblanceolate, base attenuate or cuneate, apex acuminate,
margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves many, parallel, many,
obscure, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae
reticulate, obscure, punctate beneath. Flowers bisexual, in 4 cm long cymes;
calyx tubular, verrucose with 4 hook
like involute ascending segments; petals elliptic, calyptrate; stamens many,
inflexed in the bud; ovary inferior. Fruit a berry, dark purple.  |
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