Most modern authors agree in saying that the
clove tree is a native of the Moluccas and did not spread to other parts of Asia before the arrival of Europeans in Indonesia.
The buds of the
clove tree contain eugenol, naphthalin, caryophyllen, and gallotannic, and the bark and stem caryophyllen.
In response, the Zanzibar House of Representative endorsed a new Cloves Act Bill in January that discourages clove growers from making charcoal or otherwise consuming
clove trees.
Local alliances, the destruction of
clove trees in areas where voc control was limited, and the decimation and evacuations of local communities were important elements in eventually unsustainable trade politics.
Each Ambonese head of family had to plant and maintain 100
clove trees (p.
