Myristica fragrans

Myristica fragrans Houtt. Engl.: nutmeg, mace. Deu.: Muskatnuss, Muskatnussbaum. Suom.: muskotti, muskottipuu. Sven.: muskot, muskatträd, muskotträd. Fran.: muscadier commun, noix muscade. Pharm.: arillus myristicae, nux moschata, semen myristicae. Bot. syn.: Myristica aromatica Lam., Myristica moschata Thunb., Myristica officinalis L. f.

Myristica.

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Stimulants.

Gleanings in Materia Medica, cont'd.

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1883. Analysis of Cinchona leaves, Oil of Gaultheria, Blue volatile oils, Composition of Cacao Butter, Free Acids in Vegetable Fats, Convallaria majalis.

Myristica.

Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.

Nutmegs.

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1885.

Myristica.

Classic texts: Felter 1922.

Nutmeg mills.

Henriette's herbal blog: Years ago I used to just scrape nutmegs with a knife.

Photo: Nutmeg mills.

Photo: Nutmeg mills. Nutmeg mills: the wooden one loses its bottom plate all too often, the middle one is best (and holds nutmegs in the wide belly), the right one is pretty but not as effective as the middle one. Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2006-09-27.