In the second half of the 18th century, the French smuggled Myrtle Myrtle from East India to the Indian Ocean Islands and the Americas to break the Dutch monopoly. Lilac trees are generally less than 15 meters (50 feet) tall. Single leaves, opposite, small, glandular. Usually seeds are planted in shaded areas and bloom after 5 years. Each tree of clove yields 34 kg (75 pounds) of dried buds. Two flowering in late summer and early winter, hand-picking and drying. Buds grow 13 to 19 mm (about 0.5 to 0.75 å‹), containing 14 to 20% of essential oils, and its main component is eugenol (C10H12O2). The clove oil distilled from the clove stems is used as a flavoring agent, a spice, a mouthwash, a local anesthetic for toothache, a synthesis of vanillin, and also as a flavoring agent and an enhancer. It is an important commodity for the early spice trade. Originated in the Moluccas Indonesia. It is fragrant, spicy, and commonly used for food (especially meat, bread, and the like). In Europe and the United States is a unique flavor of Christmas foods. In 210 BC, the angels sent by Java to the Chinese Han Dynasty tasted clove when they saw the emperor to make their tone fragrant. In the past, cloves were cultivated almost exclusively in Indonesia. In the early 17th century, the Dutch pulled out clove trees from the islands of Amboina and Ternate to profit from a reduction in production.
Main components
Bud contains volatile oil that is clove oil. The main oils are Eugenol, Acetyleugenol and a small amount of α- and β-Caryophylline; followed by Humulene, Chavicol, α- The alpha-Ylangene. There are four kinds of flavonoid derivatives in the flower bud, all of which are flavonoids, of which two are Rhamnetin and Kaempferol, and others are Oleanolic acid, Panchia, and Fanfan. Cherry puddings (Eugenitin), Isoeugenitin, etc.