cloves(Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum)

Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum), in English called cloves, is the aromatic dried flower stalks of the Myrtaceae family tree. Cloves are native toIndonesia and used as a spicy seasoning in European countries, and as the main ingredient of typical Indonesian clove cigarettes. Cloves are planted mainly inIndonesia (Banda Islands), and Madagascar; while also cultivated in Zanzibar, India,and Sri Lanka.Clove tree is an annual plant that can grow to 10-20 m high, has oval shaped leavesthat bloom in the bud-bud. Stalk of fruit at first green, and red when flowers areblooming. Cloves will be harvested when it reaches 1.5 to 2 cm long. Clove trees are often found in the highlands of the country Indonesia, you can invest in Indonesia in cooperation with local farmers and entrepreneurs Indonesia.The essential oil of cloves has anesthetic and antimicrobial functions. Clove oil is often used to eliminate bad breath and to relieve toothache. Substances contained inpimento called eugenol, dentists use to calm the nerves of teeth. Clove oil is alsoused in traditional chōjiyu mixture (1% clove oil in mineral oil; "Choji" means pimento;"yu" means oil) and used by the Japanese to treat the surface of their swords.Cloves can be used as a spice, either in an intact form or as powder. This spice is used in Europe and Asia. Especially in Indonesia, cloves are used as an ingredientof clove cigarettes. Cloves are also used as incense in the People's Republic of China and Japan. Clove oil used in aromatherapy and also to treat toothache.Leaves dried finely ground cloves can be used as a vegetable and effectivepesticides to control Fusarium stem rot disease by providing 50-100 grams of driedpimento leaves per plant
Clove trade eventually dominated by the Dutch in the 17th century. With great difficulty the French succeeded in civilizing Clove trees in Mauritius in 1770. Finally clovecultivated in Guyana, Brazil and Zanzibar.
In the 17th century and the 18th in the UK the price of cloves equal to the price of goldbecause of the high cost of imports. Because there pimento made ​​one very nutritiousfood for residents and surrounding areas who eat these plants pimento. Until nowcloves into one of the materials that are exported to overseas.
Pimento tree that is considered the oldest surviving Tongole contained in the Village,Central District of Ternate, about 6 miles from the center of Ternate. Poho called AfoCloves are 416 years old, height 36.60 m, 198 m in diameter, and trunkcircumference 4.26 m. Each year he is able to produce about 400 kg of flowerscloves.

In the fourth century, the Han Dynasty of China's leaders ordered every person whoapproached him for previous chew cloves, so harumlah breath. Cloves, nutmeg andpepper is very expensive in Roman times. Cloves into the exchange of materials by the Arabs in the Middle Ages. At the end of the 15th century, the Portuguese took over the exchange this way in the Sea of ​​India. Together it was taken over well with the pimento trade treaty of Tordesillas with Spain, but it is also by agreement withsultanTernate. The Portuguese brought a lot of clubs that they get from the Moluccan islands to Europe. At that time the price of 1 kg of cloves at a price of 7 grams of gold.