Myrtaceae
Clove
Syzygium aromaticum
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
Pets and kids
- CatsToxic
- DogsToxic
- KidsToxic
Why
Cats: Toxic
Toxic to cats (severe). Toxic principle: eugenol.
Signs: vomiting, drooling, tremors, ataxia, liver failure.
- Pumpkin Spice Poisonous To Pets Poison control
- Essential Oils and Cats | Pet Poison Helpline® Poison control
Dogs: Toxic
Toxic to dogs (moderate). Toxic principle: eugenol.
Signs: vomiting, drooling, lethargy, skin irritation, respiratory irritation.
- Essential Oils | Pet Poison Helpline® Poison control
- Are scented oils safe for pets? - VCA Animal Hospitals Veterinary reference
Kids: Toxic
Toxic to young children (severe). Toxic principle: eugenol.
Signs: central nervous system depression, seizures, hepatotoxicity, metabolic acidosis, hypoglycemia.
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Is Clove safe for cats, dogs and kids?
Is Clove safe for cats?
No. Our sources call Clove toxic to cats (severe). Toxic principle: eugenol. Signs: vomiting, drooling, tremors, ataxia, liver failure.
- Pumpkin Spice Poisonous To Pets Poison control
- Essential Oils and Cats | Pet Poison Helpline® Poison control
Is Clove safe for dogs?
No. Our sources call Clove toxic to dogs (moderate). Toxic principle: eugenol. Signs: vomiting, drooling, lethargy, skin irritation, respiratory irritation.
- Essential Oils | Pet Poison Helpline® Poison control
- Are scented oils safe for pets? - VCA Animal Hospitals Veterinary reference
Is Clove safe for kids?
No. Our sources call Clove toxic to young children (severe). Toxic principle: eugenol. Signs: central nervous system depression, seizures, hepatotoxicity, metabolic acidosis, hypoglycemia.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Similar names and close relatives
A shared name doesn't mean a shared answer: check the exact plant.
- Java plum Syzygium cuminisame genusCats: Not sure; Dogs: Not sure; Kids: Not sure
Common names
By language (117)
- Afrikaans
- Naeltjie
- Amharic
- ቅርንፉድ
- Arabic
- قرنفل, القرنفل, عود النوار, عويدي, قرنفل أبيض, قرنفل التوابل
- Armenian
- Մեխակ
- arz
- قرنفل
- Assamese
- লং, Clove, Clove Tree, Cloves, S. aromaticum
- Asturian
- Árbole'l clavu
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli siziqium
- ban
- Cengkéh
- Bangla
- লবঙ্গ, লং
- Basque
- Iltze, Iltze belar, Iltze-belar
- Belarusian
- Гваздзіковае дрэва, Гвазьдзіковае дрэва
- bik
- Klabero
- bjn
- Cangkih
- bo
- ལི་ཤི།
- Bosnian
- Klinčić
- Bulgarian
- Карамфил
- Burmese
- လေးညှင်းပင်
- Cantonese
- 丁香
- Catalan
- Clavell d'espècia, Clau, Clau d'espècia, Clau d'olor, Clavel d'espècia, Clavell d’espècia, Girofle
- Central Kurdish
- مێخەک
- Chinese
- 丁香, 丁子香, 丁子香(丁香树）, 丁香枝, 丁香树皮, 丁香根, 丁香油, 丁香露
- Corsican
- Viulaccia
- Croatian
- Klinčić
- cv
- Гвоздика
- Czech
- Hřebíčkovec kořenný, Hřebíček
- dag
- Kanaafuri
- Danish
- Ægte kryddernellike, Kryddernellike, Nelliketræ
- Divehi
- ކަރަންފޫ
- Dutch
- Kruidnagelboom
- English
- Clove, Zanzibar red head
- Esperanto
- Kariofilo
- Estonian
- Harilik nelgipuu
- ff
- Gurumbal
- Finnish
- Mausteneilikka
- French
- Giroflier, Clou de girofle, Clous de girofle, Girofle
- frr
- Neegelkbuum
- Galician
- Craveiro da India
- Georgian
- Მიხაკის ხე
- German
- Gewürznelke, Gewürznelkenbaum
- gor
- Hungolawa
- Greek
- Γαριφαλόδενδρο
- Gujarati
- લવિંગ
- Haitian Creole
- Jiwòf
- Hausa
- Kaninfari
- Hebrew
- ציפורן
- Hindi
- लौंग
- hsb
- Prawy nalikowc
- Hungarian
- Szegfűszeg
- Icelandic
- Negull
- Indonesian
- Cengkih, Cengkeh, Clove, Pohon cengkih
- io
- Kariofilo
- Irish
- Clóbh
- Japanese
- クローブ, クローヴ, チョウコウ, チョウジ, 丁子, 丁子油, 丁字, 丁香
- Javanese
- Cengkèh, Cengkeh
- kab
- Tiwinas
- Kannada
- ಲವಂಗ
- Kazakh
- Қалампыр ағашы
- kbd
- Къэрмэфибл
- Konkani
- लवंग
- Korean
- 정향나무, 정향
- ksh
- Jrovvötsnäähl
- Kurdish
- Mêxek, Qerenfîl, Qernefîl
- lah
- لونگ
- Latvian
- Nagliņkoks, Krustnagliņas, Krustnagliņu koks, Īstais nagliņkoks
- li
- Groffelsnagel, Groffelsnegel, Gróffelsnagel, Kroednagel
- Lithuanian
- Kvapnusis gvazdikmedis, Gvazdikėliai, Gvazdikėlis
- Luxembourgish
- Neelcheskapp, Neelcheskäpp
- Macedonian
- Каранфилче
- mad
- Cengkè
- Malagasy
- Jirofo
- Malay
- Cengkih, Bunga cengkih, Pokok Bunga Cengkih, Pokok cengkih
- Malayalam
- കരയാമ്പൂ, Clove, ഗ്രാമ്പൂ, ഗ്രാമ്പ്
- Marathi
- लवंग
- min
- Cangkeh
- Mongolian
- Голт бор
- Nepali
- ल्वाङ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kryddernellik, Nellik, Nelliker, Nelliktre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Nelliktre, Krydda nellik, Kryddenellik, Kryddera nellik, Krydderet nellik, Kryddernellik, Kryddernellike, Kryddnejlika
- nrm
- Cliou d'giroufl'ye, Cllaou d'girouflle, Cllou de girouflle
- Occitan
- Giròfle
- Odia
- ଲବଙ୍ଗ
- os
- Даричины бæлас
- Pashto
- لونګ
- Persian
- میخک صدپر
- Polish
- Goździki, Czapetka pachnąca, Goździkowiec korzenny
- Portuguese
- Cravo da índia, Cravo-da-índia, Cravinho, Cravinho da Índia, Cravinho-da-índia
- Punjabi
- ਲੌਂਗ
- Romanian
- Cuișoare, Cuişoare
- Russian
- Гвоздичное дерево, Гвоздика, Сизигиум ароматный
- Sanskrit
- लवङ्गम्
- Scottish Gaelic
- Clo-mheas
- Serbian
- Karanfilić
- Serbian (Latin)
- Klinčić
- sgs
- Gvaizdėkelē
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈလေးၺၢင်း, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇသီႇၵိပ်ႇ, လေးၺၢင်း
- Sinhala
- කරාබුනැටි
- Slovak
- Klinčekovec voňavý
- Slovenian
- Dišeči klinčevec
- Somali
- Dhaga yare
- Spanish
- Clavero, Clavo, Clavo de olor, Clavos de olor, Syzgyum aromaticum
- Sundanese
- Cengkéh
- Swahili
- Mkarafuu
- Swedish
- Kryddnejlika, Kryddnejlikbuske, Kryddnejlikor
- Tamil
- கிராம்பு, அஞ்சுகம், இலவங்கம், திரளி, வராங்கம்
- tcy
- ಲವಂಗ
- Telugu
- లవంగము, లవంగం, లవంగాలు
- Thai
- กานพลู, Clove, Cloves
- Turkish
- Karanfil baharatı
- Ukrainian
- Гвоздика
- Urdu
- لونگ
- Vietnamese
- Đinh hương
- vls
- Kruudnoagel
- Walloon
- Djirofe
- wuu
- 丁香
- Yiddish
- נעגעלע
- Yoruba
- Kànnáfùrù
Synonyms
- Caryophyllus aromaticus L.
- Caryophyllus hortensis Noronha
- Caryophyllus silvestris Teijsm. ex Hassk.
- Eugenia aromatica (L.) Baill.
- Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb.
- Eugenia caryophyllus (Spreng.) Bullock & S.G.Harrison
- Jambosa caryophyllus (Thunb.) Nied.
- Myrtus caryophyllus Spreng.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Plant problems
Photos
Photo: Bayu Nugroho, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lucq Emmanuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mohamed Abbas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.