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Myristica insipida
Also called Australian Nutmeg, Native Nutmeg, Wild Nutmeg
Myristica insipida, commonly known in Australia as Australian nutmeg, Queensland nutmeg or native nutmeg, is a small rainforest tree in the family Myristicaceae native to parts of Malesia, Papuasia and Australia. It is closely related to the commercially-important species of nutmeg, M. fragrans.
Myristica insipida is native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, north-eastern Western Australia, northern parts of the Northern Territory, and north-eastern Queensland, where it grows in well-developed rainforest and monsoon forest at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myristica insipida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
