Latin name: Syzygium aromaticum
Place of origin: Indonesia
Description: The clove tree is an evergreen tree that has a maximum height of between twenty-five and forty feet. Cloves are another term for the tree’s flower buds, which are picked and sun-dried before taking the form most people recognize (“Clove”).
Historical medicinal use: Marie de Fouquet lists clove as an ingredient in the recipe for a powder that she says will help a woman’s period come (Fouquet, 1685). Traditionally, cloves have been used to treat nausea, cholera, and malaria (Cumo, 2013).
Modern medicinal use: Cloves are still used today in accordance with traditional beliefs. Modern research shows that cloves do have the potential to prevent and heal various ailments (Cumo, 2013).
“Clove.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2 Apr. 2024, www.britannica.com/plant/clove. Accessed 22 Apr. 2024.
Cumo, Christopher. Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants: From Acacia to Zinnia. ABC-CLIO, 2013.
De Fouquet, Marie. Recueil des remèdes faciles et domestiques, choisis et expérimentés, et très approuvés pour toutes sortes de maladies internes et externes, et difficiles à guerir. 1685.