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Myristica malabarica
Malabar Nutmeg (Myristica malabarica) is a large forest tree from the Western Ghats and nearby South and Southeast Asia, reaching about 25 m, and is rarely grown as a garden plant. It is a wet-tropical species that needs warmth, humidity and moist soil, and it is threatened in the wild by habitat loss.
Myristica malabarica is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree native to India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, including the Western Ghats in southwestern India. It is threatened by habitat loss according to the IUCN Red List. It can reach 25 m in height and its bark is smooth and greenish-black or sometimes reddish.
Names in local languages: Kattujathi (literally wild nutmeg), Kattujathikka, Kottappannu, Panampalka, Pathiripoovu, Ponnampannu, Ponnampayin, and Ponnampu in Malayalam; Kanage, and Doddajajikai in Kannada; Rampatri in Hindi.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myristica malabarica 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.
