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  2. Nutmeg - Wikipedia

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    Nutmeg is the spice made by grinding the seed of the fragrant nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans) into powder.The spice has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm, slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavor many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog.

  3. Myristica fragrans - Wikipedia

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    Myristica fragrans, commonly known as the nutmeg tree, is an evergreen species indigenous to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. This aromatic tree is economically significant as the primary source of two distinct spices: nutmeg , derived from its seed, and mace , obtained from the seed's aril .

  4. Myristicaceae - Wikipedia

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    The most important products of the family by far are the nutmeg and mace spices, both derived from respectively the seed and aril of Myristica fragrans, a tree native to the Moluccas. A hallucinogenic snuff (containing a derivative of tryptamine ) that is used by certain Amazonian tribes is obtained from the bark of Virola elongata and other ...

  5. Myristica - Wikipedia

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    Myristica is a genus of trees in the family Myristicaceae.There are over 150 species, distributed in Asia and the western Pacific. [2]The type species of the genus, and the most economically important member, is Myristica fragrans (the nutmeg tree), from which mace is also derived.

  6. Myristica insipida - Wikipedia

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    Myristica insipida is a small, single-stemmed tree usually growing up to 16 m (52 ft) in height but it may reach 25 m (82 ft) in certain conditions. [5] The trunk is cylindrical and straight, in mature trees it may exceed 30 cm (12 in) DBH.

  7. Monodora myristica - Wikipedia

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    Monodora myristica, the calabash nutmeg or African nutmeg, [1] is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. It is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone in the west to Tanzania. [1] [3] In former times, its seeds were widely sold as an inexpensive nutmeg substitute.

  8. Pycnanthus angolensis - Wikipedia

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    Pycnanthus angolensis is a species of tree in the nutmeg family, Myristicaceae. It is native to Tropical Africa. [2] Its English language common names include African nutmeg, false nutmeg, boxboard, and cardboard. [3] In Africa it is widely known as ilomba. [4]

  9. I Had a Little Nut Tree - Wikipedia

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    It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3749.The song mentions a visit by the daughter of the King of Spain to request nutmeg and a pear. James Orchard Halliwell suggested that the song commemorates the 1506 visit of the Queen regnant Joanna of Castile to the English court of her brother-in-law, Henry VII. However, the oldest known version of ...