Cengkeh (Syzygium aromaticum, (Linn.) Merr.)

Cengkeh (Syzygium aromaticum, (Linn.) Merr.)

Plant | Cengkeh (Syzygium aromaticum, (Linn.) Merr.) | Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum), including herbaceous plant species that can have great trees and hardwood, clove able to survive tens and even hundreds of years, the height can reach 20 -30 meters and its branches is quite dense.

Branches of the clove plant is generally long and filled with small twigs are easily broken. Crown or also commonly known as cone-shaped canopy trees of clove. Clove leaf green elongated oval-shaped with angled ends and panggkalnya, on average, have a wide size range 2-3 cm long and leaves without a stalk range 7.5 -12.5 cm. Clove flower and fruit will appear on the end of the branch leaves with stalks pendekserta bertandan. While still young clove purplish color, then changes to yellow-green and turns back to pink when they are older. Moderate clove keringakan blackish brown and spicy taste because it contains essential oils. Generally clove first fruiting at the age of 4-7 years. Clove plants will grow well if enough water and gets direct sunlight. In Indonesia, cloves are planted fits well in low land areas near the coast or in the mountains at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level.

Cengkeh (Syzygium aromaticum, (Linn.) Merr.)

Substances contained in herbs cloves: The essential oil of clove has anesthetic and antimicrobial function. Clove oil is often used to eliminate bad breath and to relieve toothache. Substances contained in the cloves called eugenol, used the dentist to soothe tooth nerve. Clove oil is also used in traditional mixture Choji (1% clove oil in mineral oil) and used by the Japanese to treat the surface of their swords.