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Clove

Syzygium aromaticumAlso called Caryophylli Flos

Clove is a spice made from a bud. Cooks use it in marinades and to season dishes, pairing it with ingredients such as cinnamon, allspice, and red wine.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Bud
Family
Myrtaceae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Clove, whole

Photo: Jorge Barrios · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use clove

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Marinade
  • Season

Goes well with

Nutrition

What 100 g of clove holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 7%Fat 15%Carbohydrate 78%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of clove
Energy274 kcal · 1,145 kJ
Protein6 g
Fat13 g
of which saturated4 g
Carbohydrate66 g
of which sugars2.4 g
Fibre34 g
Sodium277 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of clove: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,020 mg
Calcium632 mg
Iron12 mg
Magnesium259 mg
Zinc2.3 mg
Vitamin C0.2 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)8 µg
Folate25 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171321), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where clove is cooked

9 dishes in the catalogue use clove. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list clove among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
Indonesia

  1. The 1600s

    The Dutch East India Company sought a monopoly on cloves in the 17th century.

On the table

Dishes made with clove

8 of the 9 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Matang satay

    Indonesia

  • Pepernoot

  • Klatak Satay

    Indonesia

  • Kanji rumbi

    Indonesia

  • Bir pletok

    Indonesia

  • Beef gulai

    Indonesia

  • Jengkol stew

    Indonesia

  • Gulai Balak

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include clove.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: clove in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What clove is called

Names in 36 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    clavos de olor

  • French

    girofle

  • Italian

    chiodo di garofano

  • Portuguese

    cravo · cravo-da-índia · cravo-da-índia-aromático

  • German

    Nelke · Nelken

  • Dutch

    kruidnagel

  • Greek

    γαρίφαλο

  • Russian

    гвоздика · гвоздика (пряность)

  • Polish

    goździki

  • Arabic

    قرنفل · عويدي · العويدي · مسمار عويدي

  • Hebrew

    ניצן ציפורן

  • Chinese

    丁香

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  • Basque

    iltze

  • Belarusian

    Гваздзік, прыправа

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    гвазьдзік · гвазьдзікі

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    cravo · cravo-da-índia · cravo-da-índia-aromático

  • Breton

    Tach-jenofl

  • Burmese

    လေးညင်း

  • Catalan

    clavell d'espècia · clau d'espècia · girofle · clau d'olor

  • Chechen

    Алзам (чамбийриг)

  • Czech

    hřebíček

  • dag

    kanafori

  • Danish

    kryddernellike

  • Estonian

    Nelk (vürts)

  • Finnish

    mausteneilikka

  • Hausa

    Kanumfari

  • Indonesian

    cengkih · cengkeh · Syzygium aromaticum · buah cengkih

  • Japanese

    丁子 · チョウジ

  • Javanese

    cengkeh

  • Khmer

    ផ្កាក្លាំងពូ ឬ ក្លាំភូ

  • Latin

    Caryophylii flos

  • Latvian

    krustnagliņas · krustnagliņa (garšviela)

  • Ossetic

    даричин

  • Shan

    မွၵ်ႇလေးၺၢင်း

  • Slovenian

    nageljnova žbica · žbica

  • Swahili

    Karafuu

  • Swedish

    kryddnejlika

  • Ukrainian

    гвоздика

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q15622897

Photos

Photo: Jorge Barrios · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons