Myristica fragrans

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Myristica fragrans Houtt.

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nutmeg tree in fruit
Order Magnoliales
Family Myristicaceae
Genus Myristica

2n = 42

Origin : south of Moluccas

wild and cultivated

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Description

  • 1, flowering and fruiting branch; 2, opened female flower; 3, staminal column; 4, seed with aril; 5, seed without aril; 6, section through seed without aril (PROSEA)

  • open fruit showing the seed covered by its aril

Popular names

  • English: nutmeg / mace
  • French: muscadier ; noix muscade / macis
  • German: Muskatnussbaum ; Muskatnuss / Muskatblüte
  • Dutch: muskaatnoot, nootmuskaat / foelie
  • Spanish: nuez moscada / macis
  • Portuguese: noz moscada / maça, macis
  • Italian: noce moscata / macis
  • Indonesian: buah pala / bunga pala

Classification

Myristica fragrans Houtt. (1774)

synonym : M. moschata Thunb. (1782)

Cultivars

History

  • sorting nutmegs and separating mace in Macassar, Celebes, before 1942

  • table from Koehler, Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1897

Uses

  • pala manis, a sweet from Indonesia

  • mace

  • nutmeg and its grater

  • The pericarp is used candied in Indonesia to make pala manis.
  • The aril is separated from the seed and used as mace.
  • The seed is the nutmeg itself. It can be sold in the shell or without the shell. It is usually grated at the time of use, with a small grater.

References

Links

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