Laung / Clove Tree
Syzygium aromaticum
Also known as Cloves
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- December-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Syzygium aromaticum
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Native to
- Moluccas
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Tropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Myrtaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“Mother cloves (anthophylli) are the ripe fruits of cloves that are ovoid, brown berries, unilocular and one-seeded.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Laung itself; the rest are typical of the Myrtaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- लौंग laung
- Nepali
- ल्वाङ
- Bengali
- লবঙ্গ
- Tamil
- கிராம்பு
- Telugu
- లవంగం, లవంగము, లవంగాలు
- Kannada
- ಲವಂಗ
- Malayalam
- ഗ്രാമ്പൂ, കരയാമ്പൂ, ഗ്രാമ്പ്
- Marathi
- लवंग
- Sinhala
- කරාඹු නැටි
About Laung
Clove Tree (Syzygium aromaticum) is a tree in the Myrtaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. It is cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from December to April.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and distilled for an aromatic oil. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Myrtaceae
Myrtle/Eucalyptus family
Laung belongs to the Myrtaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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