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Myristica johnsii is a large forest tree from New Guinea, growing up to 25 to 30 metres tall in montane and foothill forest. It is a wild species of cloud forest and is not a cultivated houseplant or garden plant.
Myristica johnsii is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree endemic to New Guinea. It is a large tree which grows up to 25 to 30 metres tall and which flowers and fruits in August and October. It is known from the New Guinea Highlands in Western, West Sepik, Gulf, Morobe and Milne Bay provinces of Papua New Guinea and in Indonesian Western New Guinea. It grows in montane fagaceous forest and foothill forest, and heavily mossed forests in ravines, from 1,000 to 1,600 metres elevation.
The species was first described as Myristica polyantha by W.J. de Wilde. de Wilde later discovered that the name was antedated by Myristica polyantha (Warb.) Boerl., described in 1900 and now considered a synonym of Horsfieldia laevigata. In 2007 de Wilde renamed the species M. johnsii.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myristica johnsii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
