| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Myristicaceae |
| Common Name | Nutmeg |
| Origin | Indonesia |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Berry Seed weight: 800 to 1000 seeds/kg Vernacular name: Jathi kai, Japatri (Malayalam); Jaiphal (Hindi); Jajikai (Kannada) Flowering season: June to October, September to October (Bose et al., 1998) Fruiting season: Throughout the year. Fruits mature in February to April (Bose et al., 1998) Germination percentage: 98 Method of propagation: Vegetative propagation |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark black; branches horizontal. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 9-15 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 9-18 x 2.5-6 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, base acute or attenuate, margin entire, glabrous, shiny above and glaucous beneath, flowers unisexual, yellow; fruit a capsule, yellow to 5 cm long; aril red, lacinate; seed brown. |
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