Flora of the Maluku Islands

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, flavoring, or fragrance in consumer products, such as toothpaste, soaps, or cosmetics. Cloves are available throughout the year owing to different harvest seasons across various countries.

Nutmeg is the seed, or the ground spice derived from the seed, of several tree species of the genus Myristica; fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg (M. fragrans) is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit: nutmeg, from its seed, and mace, from the seed covering. It is also a commercial source of nutmeg essential oil and nutmeg butter. The Banda Islands, in Maluku, Indonesia, are the main producer of nutmeg and mace, and the true nutmeg tree is native to the islands.

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Abroma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes a single species, Abroma augustum, sometimes written Abroma augusta, and commonly known as '''devil's cotton'''. It is a shrub or tree native to tropical Asia, ranging from the Himalayas and southern China through Indochina and Malesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

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Bikkia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the Philippines, the Maluku region of eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and the western Pacific (Melanesia and Micronesia). The genus was named by Caspar Reinwardt in 1825. Seven of the New Caledonian species previously included in Bikkia were transferred to a separate genus, Thiollierea, in 2011 based on molecular and morphological information.

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thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Digera muricata in Theni, Cumbam Valley, Tamil Nadu, India. Digera muricata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Digera. It is an annual native to parts of Africa and Asia, ranging from Egypt to Tanzania in eastern Africa, and to Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, southeastern China, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.

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Dubouzetia is a genus of about eleven species known to science, growing from shrubs up to large trees, in Papuasia and Australasia and constituting part of the plant family Elaeocarpaceae.

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