Caryophyllus Aromaticus
This myrtaceous plant produces the
well-known spice called cloves. It forms a beautiful evergreen,
rising from 20 to 30 feet in height. The cloves of commerce are
the unexpanded flower-buds; they are collected by beating the tree
with rods, when the buds, from the
jointed character of their
stalks, readily fall, and are received on sheets spread on
purpose; they are then dried in the sun. All parts of the plant
are aromatic, from the presence of a volatile oil. The oil is
sometimes used in toothache and as a carminative in medicine.
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