Clove is a naturally occurring plant and is used for kitchen recipes and also used as natural medicine for treating various conditions.
Appearance
The colour of the clove is reddish-brown and is available in both whole clove and ground clove forms.
Its ground form or ground clove is a fine powder and in the whole form or whole clove , is long in shape having a crown at one end.
Botanical Name
The botanical name of clove is Eugenia Caryophyllus.
Family
The family of cloves is Myrtaceae.
Other Names Of Clove
Following are synonyms or other names of the clove,
Clove Flower
Clove buds
Lavang
Caryophyllum
In Urdu language , it is also known as Laung.
Many people do know the english of laung so laung in english is known as clove.
Cultivation Of Clove
Clove is cultivated in the following countries,
Indonesia
Sumatra
Brazil
West Indies
India
Suitable Cultivation Conditions For Clove
For a better crop of clove plants, it is better to cultivate in moist, warm areas which have good rainfall.
Propagation Of Clove
The clove is propagated by the vegetative method of propagation and for this seed propagation is used.
The seeds are placed in the well-cultivated ground at a distance of 25 cm for better yield.
Seedlings are grown in a greenhouse to give protection from sunlight and then these are placed in the ground at a 6-meter distance for growth before the rainy season.
Pharmacognostic Features Of Clove
The height of the clove tree is 10 meters to 20 meters.
The clove buds change colour with time.
Cloves have a pungent taste.
Constituents Of Clove
Following medicinally important ingredients or constituents are present in the clove,
Clove Oil or Volatile oil
Eugenol
Acetyl Eugenol
Gallotannic Acid
Vanillin
Caryophyllene
Terpenic acid
Gums
Resin
Uses Of Clove
Following are the main uses or benefits of clove,
Antiseptic
Clove is used as an antiseptic to prevent or inhibit the growth of bacteria and yeast.
The antibacterial effect is due to the eugenol which is present in the clove.
Carminative
Clove is also used as carminative means it prevents the formation of gas in the GIT.
Flavouring Agent
Clove is also used as a flavouring agent.
Anaesthetic
Clove is also used as an oral anaesthetic and is commonly used as a home remedy for toothache.
Antiemetic
Clove is also used as an antiemetic for this, take some drops of clove oil in water.
As Spice
Clove is an important ingredient of kitchen spices and is used in cooking different dishes.
It can be used as a whole clove or in the form of clove powder.
Expectorant
Clove is also used as an expectorant.
Types Of Clove
Following are different types of cloves depending upon the presence or absence of volatile oil,
Exhausted Clove
Clove Fruits
Blown Cloves
Exhausted Clove
The term exhausted clove is used for those cloves which are used, meaning from which we have extracted the volatile oil.
Clove Fruits
Clove fruits are those cloves in which less amount of volatile oil is present.
Blown Cloves
In these cloves, the amount of volatile oil is very minute, only 5%.
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Ginger and Constituents Of Ginger
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