clove

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q26736
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Summary

clove is a taxon[1]. clove ranks in the top 0.2% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,705 views/month, #399 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: medicinal plant of the year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Syzygium[5]
  • Taxon name: Syzygium aromaticum[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8], spice[9]
  • Commons category: Syzygium aromaticum[10]
  • Has basionym: Caryophyllus aromaticus[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Syzygium aromaticum[12]
  • Commons gallery: Syzygium aromaticum[13]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[14]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[17], Pauly–Wissowa[18]
  • Taxon synonym: Caryophyllus silvestris[19], Eugenia caryophyllata[20], Eugenia caryophyllus[21]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=50069[22]
  • This taxon is source of: clove[23], clove oil[24], Syzygium aromaticum fruit[25], smell of cloves[26], smell of eugenol[27], eugenol[28]
  • Short name: S. aromaticum[29]
  • Taxon common name: clove[30], 丁子香[31], 丁香[32], 丁香露[33], 丁香(丁香树)[34], 丁子香(丁香树)[35], 丁香油[36], 丁香树皮[37], 丁香枝[38], 丁香根[39], árbole'l clavu[40], dišeči klinčevec[41], கிராம்பு[42], இலவங்கம்[43]

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Identifiers

clove's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122770[44]. clove's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 219868[45]. clove's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2508665[46]. clove's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3183002[47]. clove's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506167[48].

Why It Matters

clove has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] clove is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

FAQs

What awards did clove receive?

Honors received include medicinal plant of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [45] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [48] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [46] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [47] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . World Flora Online. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . World Flora Online. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . World Flora Online. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . keio-kampo.jp. keio-kampo.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . Tamiḻnāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ aṟiviyal āyvukaḷ Vol – 1. wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . Tamiḻnāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ aṟiviyal āyvukaḷ Vol – 1. wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Adlermail2 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 128
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'bat_smg', 'bcl', 'be'
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Erythrodiplax justiniana
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    Reflora id → FB620388
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