Talk:Clove

Climates, growing conditions, different kinds?

Some more information on the plant would be helpful, as opposed to just its cooking and medicinal uses.

Classification

It looks like there is a discrepancy between including this as Eugenia or Syzigium aromaticum. It appears that Eugenia is more recent but the Syzigium page has it too and is illustrated with a picture of it. Is there a botanist in the house? Karen S Vaughan 05:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Miscellaneous

Is Clove/Clove Oil, Dense source of antioxidants ? Flavanoids Karen S Vaughan 05:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, like many other dried herbs and seasonings. However, the quantities consumed are too small to be very significant.

Is Alfafa one kind of Clove?--Tomchiukc 16:46, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Not at all. Not even close. Karen S Vaughan 05:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

i've read in many places clove oil is used when euthanasia is required for aquatic life. add it? 198.166.226.14 04:27, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

If you can find 1 or 2 of those references you mention and they are reliable, why not? --Merbabu 05:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Wait,

Wait, so if I smoke clove flowers that have been dried, and possibly ground, my throat will be numb? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.246.226.36 (talk) 22:21, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

• I have no idea, but I was eating a Clove-flavored candy-stick (those 15 cent ones at Cracker Barrel) and my whole mouth was in various stages of numbness. I'd venture to say there's a good chance you'd go somewhat numb all through your respiratory tract. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.109.127.254 (talk) 18:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

That's not what happens. But it does make for a very smooth blend with tobacco, so that the smoke is non-irritable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 00:24, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

History

My research indicates that originally the clove tree grew only in the Molucca Islands, in what is now Indonesia. While the spice trade may have eventually brought them to India, they were NOT native to South Asia. Where is there information that the clove tree was native to India? Ellenois (talk) 18:29, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

The article currently says that there is no evidence for clove use as an analgesic. But clove oil is actually a well-known anesthetic, and it wasn't THAT long ago, that dental offices generally smelled of clove oil. Home temporary filling kits, still include clove oil as an anesthetic. Sucking on a single clove will induce minor numbness on the lips and tongue. A half-teaspoon of ground clove will obviate most gut pains, a second dose rarely ever being necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 00:13, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Can't be eaten uncooked?

The back of my bag of cloves says "Usage: do not consume uncooked". They're just normal TRS brand cloves from Madagascar that I got in the local asian shop. This article says nothing about whether they have to be cooked or not, so if someone knows something about this, it would be great if they could add it. Thanks. Great floors (talk) 00:03, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

I consume raw cloves frequently. Cloves don't need to be cooked. But don't make a habit of consuming quantities of them, since they tend to be about %10 eugenol. Sucking on a clove used to be a common method for freshening ones breath (before there were mints). Normally, the whole cloves in food aren't eaten, but are discarded after they impart their flavour, whether cooked or not. I'll guess that the precaution is regarding the possibility of a hard clove becoming lodged in the esophagus, the same as a bay leaf. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 00:21, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Adulteration?

I can't quite figure out exactly what this section is for? It seems to be partly uses for other stages of the bud/plant, but also has the exhausted cloves. Section header is also misleading.

--VikÞor | Talk 23:00, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

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