Myristica fragrans

Myristica fragrans is an evergreen tree indigenous to the Elementary, titled The Adventure of the Nutmeg ConMoluccas (or Spice Islands) of Indonesia. It is important coction.
as the main source of the spices nutmeg and mace.[2] It is
widely grown across the tropics including Guangdong and
Yunnan in China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Grenada 4 References
in the Caribbean, Kerala in India, Sri Lanka and South
America.[2][3]
[1] "Myristica fragrans Houtt., Tropicos, retrieved 2014-0607

[2] "Myristica fragrans Houttuyn, Flora of China, eFloras.org, retrieved 2014-06-07

Description

[3] "Myristica fragrans Houtt., Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database, retrieved 201406-07

Myristica fragrans is a small evergreen tree, usually 5

13 m (1643 ft) tall, but occasionally reaching 20 m (66
ft). The alternately arranged leaves are dark green,5
15 cm (2.05.9 in) long by 27 cm (0.82.8 in) wide
with petioles about 1 cm (0.4 in) long. The species
is dioecious, i.e. male or staminate owers and female or carpellate owers are borne on dierent plants,
although occasional individuals produce both kinds of
ower. The owers are bell-shaped, pale yellow and
somewhat waxy and eshy. Staminate owers are arranged in groups of one to ten, each 57 mm (0.20.3
in) long; carpellate owers are in smaller groups, one to
three, and somewhat longer, up to 10 mm (0.4 in) long.[4]

[4] Orwa, C.; Mutua, A.; Kindt, R.; Jamnadass, R. & Simons,
A. (2009), "Myristica fragrans", Agroforestree Database:
a tree reference and selection guide (version 4.0), retrieved
2014-06-07
[5] Houttuyn, M. (December 1774), Natuurlijke Historie, 2
(3), p. 333
[6] Hyam, R. & Pankhurst, R.J. (1995), Plants and their
names : a concise dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, p. 198, ISBN 978-0-19-866189-4

Carpellate trees produce smooth yellow ovoid or pearshaped fruits, 69 cm (2.43.5 in) long with a diameter of
3.55 cm (1.42.0 in). The fruit has a eshy husk. When
ripe the husk splits into two halves along a ridge running
the length of the fruit. Inside is a purple-brown shiny
seed, 23 cm (0.81.2 in) long by about 2 cm (0.8 in)
across, with a red or crimson covering (an aril). The seed
is the source of nutmeg, the aril the source of mace.[2][4]

Taxonomy

Myristica fragrans was given a binomial name by the

Dutch botanist Maartyn Houttuyn in 1774. It had
earlier been described by Georg Eberhard Rumphius,
among others.[5] The specic epithet fragrans means
fragrant.[6]

Popular media

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