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Taxon:  Myristica fragrans Houtt.



Summary
Genus:
Myristica
Family:
Myristicaceae
Nomen number:
24855
Place of publication:
Nat. hist. 2(3):333. 1774
Verified:
11/18/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Myristica officinalis L. f.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  6. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Myristica+fragrans&quantity=1
  8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  9. Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 13:143-148. http://proseanet.org
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  11. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  12. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  13. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  16. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  17. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  18. Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- A:192. http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
mace –
nutmeg –
Dutch
nootmuskaatboom –
French
muscadier commun –
noix muscade –
German
duftende Muskatnuß –
Muskatnußbaum –
India
jaiphal –
Indonesian
pala –
pala Banda –
Italian
noce moscata –
Malay
buah pala –
pala –
Portuguese
moscadeira –
Portuguese (Brazil)
noz-moscada –
Spanish
nogal moscado –
nuez moscada –
Sri Lanka (Sinhala)
sadhika –
Swedish
muskot –
Distribution
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Kerala], Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Grenada
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Moluccas]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
flavoring (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999, as source of both nutmeg from dried seeds and mace from dried arils) –
Human food
fruit (fide Cornucopia) –
Materials
essential oils (fide Ency CNatIn) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Social
hallucinogen (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999, but over-consumption can be deadly) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999) –


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