Myristica womersleyi (PROSEA)
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Myristica womersleyi J. Sinclair
- Family: Myristicaceae
Distribution
North-eastern New Guinea.
Uses
The seed is said to be intensely aromatic and a possible source of spice and oil. It is also used as a bait in possum traps.
Observations
- Tree, up to 27 m tall with tomentose, rust-coloured twigs.
- Leaves oblong, 14-20 cm × 5.5-9 cm, brown-haired beneath; petiole up to 1.3 cm long.
- Flowers not yet known.
- Fruit globose, 6-9 cm in diameter, brown-haired, on a stalk 0.5 cm long.
- Seed globose, 5 cm in diameter, strongly aromatic; aril divided into numerous narrow segments.
M. womersleyi is common but restricted to the eastern highlands of north-eastern New Guinea (Michael and Piora Mountains) at altitudes 800-2300 m.
Selected sources
- Foreman, D.B., 1978. Myristicacea. In: Womersley, J.S. (Editor): Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea. Vol. 1. Government of Papua New Guinea, Melbourne University Press, Australia. pp. 175-215.
Authors
P.C.M. Jansen