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History of clove in Sri Lanka
The clove tree is cone-shaped, symmetrical in size, with smooth gray bark. Mature trees grow up to 15-20 meters. It is believed to have originated from the Indonesian island of Mameluke. Along with nutmeg and pepper, cloves were considered a highly prized crop in Roman times. Arabs were involved in the earring trade in the Middle Ages, but the trade was taken over by the Portuguese in the 5th century. Mainly from the Portuguese who brought earrings to Europe from the island in large quantities. 01 valued at 07 grams of gold. Later, the Spanish and then the Dutch dominated the cinnamon trade until the seventeenth century. The French introduced the earring to the island of Mauritius in 1770, and cultivated it extensively in Guinea, Zanzibar, the West Indies and Brazil. It is not known how and when cloves were introduced to Sri Lanka, but Arab traders or colonial rulers may have introduced cinnamon to Sri Lanka as Sri Lanka was a major trading center for spices at the time.
Products and uses
Cloves are commonly used as dried whole buds. Ground cloves are used as curry mixes, and clove oil is used in food flavoring and in the pharmaceutical and perfume industries. Clove oil may be colorless or yellow in color. It turns dark if exposed to sunlight. It is used ground or whole as bubbles (nati) as a flavoring agent in pickling sweet and salty or chili-flavored foods and in making sauces and ketchup’s. In medicine, it is valued as a clove, aromatic and stimulant. It is used as a flavoring agent in the cigarette industry. Clove oil is used in perfumery, dentistry, and as a cleaning agent in microscopy.