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What does cloves do for your body?

Cloves are full of antioxidants. These compounds help your body to fight free radicals, which damage your cells and can lead to disease. By removing free radicals from your system, the antioxidants found in cloves can help reduce your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers.

What does cloves stand for?

CLOVES stands for Congenital Lipomatous assymetric Overgrowth, Vascular malformations, Epidermal nevi and Skeletal and spinal anomalies.

What does clove smell like?

Cloves are considered one of “The Big Four” spices, the other three of which include cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper. Generally a dark brown color, the fragrance of clove essential oil is sweet and spicy due to the presence of eugenol (a colorless to pale yellow, aromatic liquid extracted from clove oil).

What is Yoruba name for clove?

🎊Yes, cloves grow in Nigeria where they are locally referred to as Kanafuru Spice. They are a traditional spice but are more commonly used in traditional medicine such as agbo or aseje, this is more common in Yoruba speaking areas. Most market 👭 Women call cloves Zobo pepper😀.

What is the local name for clove?

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice….

Clove
Genus: Syzygium
Species: S. aromaticum
Binomial name
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

What is the Yoruba name for tumeric?

The Yoruba people call Turmeric Ata ile pupa. Cultivation of this plant is quite common in the tropics. Turmeric belongs to the ginger family. This explains why both look alike and are called similar Yoruba names.

What is Sunflower called in Yoruba?

More Yoruba words for sunflower. oorun aladun noun. sunflower, fragrance, aroma.

What is Iyere called in English?

Piper nigrum is also called black pepper; they should be regarded as synonyms for iyere.

What is the local name for black pepper?

Piper nigrum (black pepper)

What is fenugreek called in Yoruba?

Eru

What is Maca root in Yoruba?

Maca root is a well-known plant in Nigeria and has its own Yoruba name – it’s known among Nigerians as isu baka.