sentence: but the other glorious spices could also be found in calicut , cochin and other major markets on the malabar coast of india cinnamon was imported in large amounts from ceylon , while , from further east , via malacca , came long pepper ( from java ) , cloves ( grown exclusively in the moluccan islands of ternate and tidore ) and , in smaller amounts , highly valued nutmeg and mace ( grown only in the banda islands ) .