Clove
ಲವಂಗलौंगதிரளி
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 10.0 m
- wide
- —
Myrtaceae
Formerly Caryophyllus aromaticus, Caryophyllus silvestris, Eugenia caryophyllata, Eugenia caryophyllus, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- MalukuKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 8.0 m to 12 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- RedRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Chinese
- 丁香, 丁子香, 丁子香(丁香树）
- Asturian
- árbole'l clavu
- Slovenian
- dišeči klinčevec
- Tamil
- திரளி, அஞ்சுகம், இலவங்கம்
- Simplified Chinese
- 丁子香
- Hindi
- लौंग
- Telugu
- లవంగం, లవంగాలు, లవంగము
- Kannada
- ಲವಂಗ
- Marathi
- लवंग
- Bangla
- লং, লবঙ্গ
- Malayalam
- ഗ്രാമ്പൂ, ഗ്രാമ്പ്, കരയാമ്പൂ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Syzygium aromaticum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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