Myristica
Genus of trees in Myristicaceae family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Myristica | |
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Myristica fragrans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Myristicaceae |
Genus: | Myristica Gronov. |
Species | |
>150; see text | |
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The type species of the genus, and the most economically important member, is Myristica fragrans (the nutmeg tree), from which mace is also derived.