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Episode 25: The Spice Trees, Part 2 (The Spice Islands)

The back half of this Spice Tree series is about the trees found on the Spice Islands of Indonesia, where we get nutmeg, mace, and clove. Find out why Dutch colonialism makes me sad every time I open my spice cabinet! Music is by Academy Garden. Cover art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter @MyFavoriteTrees.

Sources

https://www.seasonedpioneers.com/a-history-of-the-spice-islands/

https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/spice-islands/spice-islands-maps.html

https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/spice-islands/cloves.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/nutmeg#ref243287

https://www.britannica.com/plant/clove

https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/wonderful-scientific-names-part-6-syzygium-aromaticum/

https://www.etymonline.com/word/clove

https://nabataea.net/explore/travel_and_trade/who-were-the-ancient-arab-sea-traders/

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-top-clove-producing-countries.html

http://www.indepthinfo.com/cloves/story.shtml

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/island-traded-for-manhattan

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Episode 24: The Spice Trees, Part 1 (Cinnamon and Peppercorn)

In the first half of my spice tree series, I introduce the stories that Arab traders used to build a monopoly of mystery around cinnamon and pepper. What happens when their secret origins are discovered by Europeans? Music is by Academy Garden. Cover art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook @MyFavoriteTrees.

Sources:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/difference-between-herb-and-spice

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cassia

https://www.cinnamonzone.hk/cinnamon_history_a.html

https://www.spiceography.com/cassia-cinnamon/

https://www.spiceography.com/ceylon-cinnamon/

https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cinnamomum+verum

http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:682369-1

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/brief-history-pepper/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20463498?seq=1

https://archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof03plin/naturalhistoryof03plin_djvu.txt

https://www.almanac.com/where-does-black-pepper-come

https://extension.psu.edu/herb-and-spice-history

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/white-pepper-vs-black-pepper/

https://www.mccormickscienceinstitute.com/resources/culinary-spices/herbs-spices/cinnamon