Myrtaceae

• Callistemon citrinus
• Callistemon linearis
• Corymbia citriodora
• Corymbia eximia nana
• Eucalyptus forrestiana
• Eucalyptus globulus
• Eucalyptus kitsoniana
• Eucalyptus torquata
• Eugenia uniflora
• Feijoa sellowiana
• Melaleuca armillaris
• Melaleuca quinquenervia
• Metrosideros cf. kermadecensis
• Metrosideros excelsa
• Myrciaria cauliflora
• Myrtus communis `Microphylla'
• Myrtus ugni
• Psidium guajava
• Psidium littorale var. longipes
• Syzygium aromaticum
• Syzygium jambos

Subfamily Heteropyxideae

• Heteropyxis natalensis

• Query IPNI
• Common Name: Clove
• Family: Myrtaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: Mollucas (Spice Islands) in eastern Indonesia
• Habitat: humid, warm tropical climate

• Description: syn. Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata

  The clove tree is an evergreen which grows to a height ranging from 10-20 m, having large oval leaves and crimson flowers in numerous groups of terminal clusters. The flower buds are at first of a pale color and gradually become green, after which they develop into a bright red, when they are ready for collecting. Cloves are harvested when 1.5-2 cm long, and consist of a long calyx, terminating in four spreading sepals, and four unopened petals which form a small ball in the centre.