The flowers of Kurdistan, by their Kurdish names.

Every flower with its names in each Kurdish dialect, when it blooms, and its story.

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Today’s flower

Sunday 11 October

Clove
CloveSyzygium aromaticumKurmanji: Mêxek

Clove trees were found in the islands of Indonesia thousands of years ago. Besides being used to improve the taste of food and drink, their produce has also been used to make many kinds of medicine. The name of the clove appears many times in Chinese texts from between 206 BC and AD 220.

Did you know?In Kurmanji it is also called Qerenfil.
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