Plant Details

Accepted name:

Myristica fragrans Houtt. [Myristicaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abolakose	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
adipalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ainnilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arillus of the nut mace	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ariwo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
asana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
astam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atimalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atipalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atiparakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atiparam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atirotayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attigam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attikakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bandhukapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basbas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basbasah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazbaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisbasa	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bisbasa (javetri)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisbassa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bisbâsa al-hindî	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
bizbaza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buah pala	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cadikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cadippaddiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakularppam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakularppamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakulatakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakulatakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calukamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caluram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camuttirakantakakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camuttirakantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catakaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catakaramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cati pattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caticam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikkaymaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikocakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikocam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catipalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catipalaimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catipalakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catipalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catipattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catippattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charkaun	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chathi-paththiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cholai vengai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilikkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaikkalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaikkallimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinatakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinecatarikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinecataru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinekapotai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinekapotaikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinekataru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinokaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukaritakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civacci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civacikitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civakarakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civikakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
collacitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukatipalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutevanakitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cöz altîb	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
cöz bawe	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
cāthikkāy (kernel)	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
duftende muskatnuß	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dza ta pha la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dza ti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dza ti pa tra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dza ti pha la (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dzajikaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ehuru	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fouzboyah (nut)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fouzbuva (nut)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghatastha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goz el-tieb	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ilakiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iratcani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaai kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaaikaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaapathre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaapatre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaatheehannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaatheephalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaathikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaathipathri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaay phal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaayi kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jadhikai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jadhikkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jadicai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jadikai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jadikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jadipattiri	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jadiputrie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jae-phal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaepatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jaephal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jafal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jaidikai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
jaifal	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
jaipahal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaiphal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jaiphala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jaipholo	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jaitri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
jajakai	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jajee kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaji-phalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jajikaya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jajikayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajipatre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajipatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajipattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajipattri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajiphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jakayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
japatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jathikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jathikaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jathikkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jati pattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jati-phalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jati-phalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatidala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatika	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jatikapongara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatikka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jatikkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatikkamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatikosa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatikosam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jatikosha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jatimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatipatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatipatre	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
jatipatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatipatri jatiphalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatipatrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatipattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatiphal	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
jatiphala	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatiphalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatiphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jatiphalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatisasya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
jatishasga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatri	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jauzbua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jauzbuwa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jauzut-teeb	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
javantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
javatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
javattari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
javitri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jawitri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jay ka pet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jayatri	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jayfar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
jayiphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaykai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
jaykar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jaypatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jayphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jayphala	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jotri	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jouz bova	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jouz-ul-teeb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jouzboyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jouzbuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jowz-e-bavvā	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
jowz-e-bouya	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
joz e quwa	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
joz-ul-taib	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jozboya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jozbua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
juz hindî	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
jāthikkāy	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
jātiśasya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jātīphala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jātīphala (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaatunilakodimarapatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaefal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanage	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanivish	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kapparruraicci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katjathika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuchadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katunkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katunkayalakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kerosin	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
kirakkanipittan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiriccaritakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiriccarittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiriccirittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kocakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
komalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulakkāy	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
kulipputaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulipputaramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kungu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kupanikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavangamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
mace oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
mace; nutmeg	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
madasaunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majjasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malathi-phalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
malatipalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malatiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maltipalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manpatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matacavuntam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
memoscada	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
minai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
minaimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirística	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
misgádu	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
moscadeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
muscade noix	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
muscadier	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
muscadier commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
muskat	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
muskatblüte	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
muskatnuss	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
muskatnussbaum	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
muskatnußbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
muskatsamen	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
muskot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
musskatnussbaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
myristica	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
myristica fragans	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
myristica oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
myristicae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
myristicae arillus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
myristicae fragrantis aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
myristicae semen	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nattuccatikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noce moscata	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
nogal moscado	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
noix de muscade macis	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
noix muscade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
nootmuskaatboom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
noz moscada	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
noz-moscada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
nuez moscada	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
nut meg	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nutmeg	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
nutmeg mace	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
nutmeg oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
nutmeg seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
nutmeg tree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
nutmeg, whole or broken, and mace, whole or in pieces	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
nux moschata	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
oil of nutmeg, indonesian type	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
pala	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
pala banda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
palluracci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathrae	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavalakkuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payccukanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payccuntimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periyagattuchadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qoust	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
querosin	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
rajabhogya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rampatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rou dou kou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
roudoukou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
saadippaththiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saathikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadhika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadikka	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sadikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salugam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salugami	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
samuttirandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sathikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sathikkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sathkhai	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
semen myristicae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen myristicae fragrantis	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
shaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sidam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinevam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirugaridam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivigaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sumanaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tevatavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tevatavikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turvamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuvikattumakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuvitattumakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacivaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacuvaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacuvacimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varutiyorakkuticci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
جوز بویا	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
جوزبوّا	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ニクズク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
肉豆蔻	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried kernel	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
kernel	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Aril, Seed		U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fruit		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed:Seed Peel		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
seed	ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Semen		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed	Seed Peel	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
seed		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
nut		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Leaves, Seeds, shoots		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Fruit, Seed	Seed oil, Essential oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seed, aril		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole plant, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
aril, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried kernel	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	steam-distilled essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	oil	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
kernel	essential oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	endosperm of dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seed	endosperm of dried seeds (kernels of fruits)	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
seed	essential oil, butter, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fruit		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
almond, macis		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
seed		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
seed capsule (aril), seed	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed	dried endosperm (kernel) of the seed	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
seed	Essential oil obtained by steam distillation of the dried and crushed kernels	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Myristica moschata Thunb. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1782: 49 (1782).
Myristica officinalis L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 265 (1782).
Aruana silvestris Burm.f. Ind. Alt.: G, verso (1769).
Myristica amboinensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 225 (1919).
Myristica aromatica Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 96 (1788).
Myristica laurella Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 225 (1919).
Myristica philippinensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 225 (1919).
Palala fragrans (Houtt.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 567 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myristica fragans Houtt.	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Myristica fragrans	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann, 2009) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Myristica fragrans Houtt	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Myristica fragrans Houtt.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Myristica fragrans Houttuyn	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Myristica fragrans L.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Myristica moschata Thunb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Myristica officinalis L.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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