The whole clove is the dried floral bud, harvested before blooming. Clove clusters are plucked by hand and then dried in the sun. Cloves (Laung) Whole means the dried unopened flower buds of Eugenia Caryophyllus (C. Sprengel) Bullock and Harrision. The buds are separated from the stems and both are commercially valuable.. It shall be of a reddish brown to blackish brown colour with a strong aromatic odour free from off flavour and mustiness

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