Nutmeg

Nothing is wasted of the nutmeg fruit, the outer flesh is candied and eaten as confectionary, the red inner shell is dried to make mace and of course the inner nut is dried and shipped all over the world as nutmeg as we know it.

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Claire Hamilton

Lion

Wiki wont accept nutmeg or even Myristica Fragrans even though it is listed on Wiki?? Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I can explain why. Nutweg is not a specie, it is a genus of species. JungleDragon needs a specie page instead of a general classification like that of a genus.The identification therefore needs to be more specific. You can generally recognize you are at the correct level in Wikipedia when the page has a "binomial" value for the specie name. Posted 12 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

That explans it...thank you! Posted 12 years ago

The Myristica fragrans

''Myristica fragrans'' is an evergreen tree indigenous to the Moluccas of Indonesia. It is important as the main source of the spices nutmeg and mace. It is widely grown across the tropics including Guangdong and Yunnan in China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Grenada in the Caribbean, Kerala in India, Sri Lanka and South America.

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Similar species: Magnoliales

Species identified by WildFlower