Taxon: Myristica fragrans Houtt.

Common names:

• mace   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• nutmeg   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• nootmuskaatboom   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Dutch
  
• muscadier commun   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• noix muscade   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• duftende Muskatnuß   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Muskatnußbaum   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• jaiphal   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – India
  
• pala   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 13:143.) – Indonesian
  
• pala Banda   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 13:143.) – Indonesian
  
• noce moscata   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Italian
  
• buah pala   (Source: F Males 14:27.) – Malay
  
• pala   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 13:143.) – Malay
  
• moscadeira   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• noz-moscada   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• nogal moscado   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• nuez moscada   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• sadhika   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Sri Lanka (Sinhala)
  
• muskot   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999, as source of both nutmeg from dried seeds and mace from dried arils)
  
• Environmental: hemiparasite host   (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999, as substrate to grow mushrooms)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide Cornucopia)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Materials: gum/resin   (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999)
  
• Materials: lipids   (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999)
  
• Social: hallucinogen   (fide Pl Res SEAs 13:144. 1999, but over-consumption can be deadly)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Myristica fragrans from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia - Moluccas

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Kerala; Sri Lanka
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Grenada
• lesser cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. Pp. 13:143–148 in: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. P. A:192 in: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Myristica fragrans.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Myristica fragrans.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Myristica fragrans.

Synonyms:

• (=) Myristica officinalis L. f.
  

Check other web resources for Myristica fragrans Houtt.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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