Ding Xiang

Dried flower bud of Eugenia Caryophyllata (Clove flower bud)

Eugenia caryophyllata

Growing on Mount Lawu in Central Java, clove trees are used to make kretek, a type of Indonesian cigarette.

Eugenia caryophyllata

A Zanzibari woman picks cloves. Picking cloves used to be a difficult task since the harvester had to climb very high trees. A special rope technique was used to bring even the most distant branches close to the picker.

Before the abolition of the slavery, special tripod scaffoldings were used.

Man picking cloves from tree

Rice with cloves Chicken biryani

Pho spices Café de Olla

Use of clove products in dental history

Ayurvedic spices and foods

Cloves

Pomander made of oranges and cloves