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Myristica fragrans

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Taxonomy

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MAGNOLIALES	MYRISTICACEAE

Scientific Name:

Myristica fragrans

Species Authority:

Houtt.

Common Name/s:

English	–	Nutmeg
Spanish	–	Nuez De Banda, Nuez De Especias, Nuez Moscada

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	It is thought to occur naturally in Banda Island in the Moluccas, but it is now widely cultivated in the tropics, becoming naturalised in many areas.
Countries:	Native: Indonesia (Maluku, Sumatera) Introduced: Puerto Rico
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Lowland forest. The original source of nutmeg.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Myristica fragrans. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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