Nutmeg Tree (Myristica fragrans) in Jamaica (Caribbean).

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02:34 Mace
02:46 The Nutmeg when dried and broken

The Nutmeg Tree (Myristica fragrans) is a dark-leaved tropical evergreen tree (family Myristicaceae).

The tree is native to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, of Indonesia and is principally cultivated there and in the West Indies.

The Jamaican Nutmeg tree may reach a height of about 20 metres (65 feet). They yield fruit 8 years after sowing, reach their prime in 25 years, and bear fruit for 60 years or longer.

Nutmeg is a popular spice used for cooking in the Caribbean and other parts of the world.

It is also a commercial source of an essential oil and nutmeg butter.

The fruit can be used for treating stomach spasms, diarrhea and intestinal gas, among other aliments. Although used in traditional medicine for treating various disorders, nutmeg has no known medicinal value.

Two spices derived from its fruit: nutmeg - from its seed, and mace - from the seed covering.

The spice nutmeg has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm slightly sweet taste; It is used to flavour many kinds of baked goods and beverages such as eggnog.

The outermost covering shown is also use to make Nutmeg Jam in Jamaica.

The fleshy arils surrounding the nutmeg seed are the source of the spice mace.

The Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is known around the world by various names, such as: mace, magic, muscdier, nux moschata, myristica oil, muskatbaum.

Nutmeg fruit is also a commercial source of an essential oil and nutmeg butter.

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