BOT 1200 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Zingiberaceae, Alkaloid, Pungency
9 Apr 2017
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Spices: any of several vegetable substances as clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper etc. Essential oils used in perfume are produced to attract animals. Has essential oils produces prom all parts of plant. Dried and have distinct senses and aromas. Important spices: nutmeg produces two types of spices (seed which is nutmeg) outside of seed is red aril (mace) Spices attained by granting the dried aril and the nut. Cinnamon: obtained from bark, cinnamon sticks produced by stripping the bark from the trunks, branches and shoots of trees. Two types: cassia and cinnamon true cinnamon is native to sir lanka. Spices taken from inner bark: quills or outer cinnamon stick. Cassia and cinnamon can be distinguished by quills. Clove is from latin term clavus meaning nail. Has ariel roots vines reach 30 m. Plant is grown in slender seed pods which is the source for vanilla. Black colour comes from fermentation of excocrap that helps develop flavour.
