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Monodora myristica - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Monodora myristica - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Monodora myristica - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Monodora myristica - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1218
Date of entry: 24.02.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Calabash Nutmeg

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Magnoliales (18)

        Family: Annonacea (12)(family description)

          Genus: Monodora (1)

            Epithet: myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal (1)

myristica => nutmeg, Myristica fragrans

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, red, white

External links

Check for Monodora myristica at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [41] Hawthorne,W. D., Gyakari,N. (2006): Photoguide for the forest trees of Ghana : a tree-spotter's field guide for identifying the largest trees. Oxford, UK.

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