Dried flower buds of Eugenia caryophyllus Myrtaceae were Collected in sri lanka. They were Dried in open by spreading on mats of coconut leaves for 3 days or on concrete floors called Barbecues. During drying they loose 60% of their wt and become deep reddish brown Dried ones packed in sacks made of coconut leaves.
Dried flower buds of Eugenia caryophyllus Myrtaceae were Collected in sri lanka. They were Dried in open by spreading on mats of coconut leaves for 3 days or on concrete floors called Barbecues. During drying they loose 60% of their wt and become deep reddish brown Dried ones packed in sacks made of coconut leaves.
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Dried flower buds of Eugenia caryophyllus Myrtaceae were Collected in sri lanka. They were Dried in open by spreading on mats of coconut leaves for 3 days or on concrete floors called Barbecues. During drying they loose 60% of their wt and become deep reddish brown Dried ones packed in sacks made of coconut leaves.
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Eugenia caryophyllus Myrtaceae Cultivation – Requirements • Deep rich loamy soils with humid climate is required • Grow well in the vicinity of sea • Plant grows to a ht of 9mt but they were usually topped at 3mt for easy collection • They were also grown along with areca nut , coconut & nutmeg plants • Plants were provided with suitable fertilizers like super phosphate , Cultivation • Raised from seeds ,spaced at intervals of 25cm apart • Protected from Sun by placing frames erected about 1mt above ground level & covered with banana leaves .As the leaves decay more Sun light is allowed • When about 9months old seedlings are able to bear full sunshine • When 1mt ht they are planted in the beginning of rainy season 6mt apart • For the 1st three years they were shaded by growing banana trees among them • They begin to bear at 6th year & yield 3-4 kilos / tree untill 70yrs Collection • Compound raceme inflorescence with opposite & decussate branches • Collected twice one in Aug & other in Dec • Young flowers are white & become green – crimson Collection starts when lower part turns from green to crimson & before the corolla expands • Collected by hand or by beating with bamboos or reached from moving Drying • Dried in open by spreading on mats of coconut leaves for 3 days or on concrete floors called Barbecues ,during nights they are taken under shade • During drying they loose 60% of their wt & become deep reddish brown • Dried ones packed in sacks made of coconut leaves • Separated peduncles are known as clove stalks • If left too long on tree bud opens & petals fall leaving Blown cloves Description
• Stalk is called hypanthium
surmounted by 4 spreading acute sepals dome shaped corolla with 4 bowl shaped petals & numerous incurved sepals large erect cylindrical style at the base of which is a nectar disc • In the upper part of hypanthium bilocular ovary with ovules on axile placentation • Numerous oil glands are present on Description
• Bright reddish brown colour
• Strong spicy odour • Taste is Pungent , aromatic & followed by numbness • Oil exudes when pressed by nail Microscopy • Epidermis tubular cells with cuticle & stomata • Cortex oil gland layer schizogenous oil gland , lined with 2-3 layers flattened cells Vascular bundle bicollateral in parenchyma cells also contain calcium oxalate cluster crystals • Aerenchyma air filled spaces • Columella parenchymatous Microscopy