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| Myristica | |
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| Myristica fragrans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Myristica Gronov. |
| Species | |
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>150; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 as far as Vanuatu.[2][3]
The type species of the genus, and the most economically important member, is Myristica fragrans (the nutmeg tree), from which mace is also derived.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Wheatley, J.I. (1992), A guide to the common trees of Vanuatu: With lists of their traditional uses and ni-Vanuatu names, Republic of Vanuatu Department of Forestry, pp. 172–4