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Myristica fragrans

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An evergreen tree of the MYRISTICACEAE family. The tree grows to about 30 m high with an undivided trunk. The leaves are alternate, dark green, entire-margined, sharpedged, short-petioled, ovate-elliptical, leath- ery and up to 8 cm long. The bark is smooth greyish brown and the young branches are green. Male and female flowers are borne on separate trees, although there are male trees with female flowers and fruits. Male trees produce small white flowers in the axils of leaves. The inflorescence of the female trees are composed of 1 to 3 flowers with a white, bell-shaped perianth and a 1-celled ovary ending in a 2-lobed stigma. The ovary develops into a light yellow fleshy fruit, almost round, acuminate at the stem end, 3 to 6 cm long and 2.5 to 5 cm thick. The fruit ripens 7 to 10 months after flowering.

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