Myristicaceae
57 species
Nutmeg and mace family; valuable warm spice from tropical seed coverings.
Coelocaryon sphaerocarpum
Wild nutmeg
Edible: Aril, Spice
Compsoneura atopa
Castano
Edible: Seeds
Compsoneura capitellata
Small head compsoneura
Edible: Seeds
Compsoneura cuatrecasasii
Edible: Seeds
Gymnacranthera canarica
Kanara nutmeg
Edible: Fruit - oil
Gymnacranthera farquhariana
Horsfieldia amygdalina
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Horsfieldia borneensis
Edible: Fruit
Horsfieldia glabra
Edible: Seeds
Horsfieldia grandis
Edible: Fruit
Horsfieldia kingii
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Horsfieldia leptantha
Horsfieldia macrothyrsa
Edible: Fat, Oil
Horsfieldia olens
Horsfieldia palauensis
Edible: Seeds
Horsfieldia pulverulenta
Edible: Fruit
Horsfieldia ridleyana
Edible: Fruit
Horsfieldia sucosa
Edible: Fruit
Horsfieldia superba
Edible: Fruit
Horsfieldia tuberculata
Iryanthera elliptica
Elliptic iryanthera
Edible: Fruit - aril
Iryanthera juruensis
Jurua iryanthera
Edible: Fruit
Iryanthera laevis
Edible: Fruit - aril
Iryanthera lancifolia
Lanceolate leaf iryanthera
Edible: Fruit - aril
Iryanthera paraensis
Para iryanthera
Edible: Aril, Fruit
Iryanthera sp.
Edible: Fruit
Iryanthera ulei
Wirisaka
Edible: Fruit
Knema glauca
Edible: Seeds - oil
Knema globularia
Edible: Seed - spice
Knema laurina
Black wild nutmeg
Edible: Fruit
Knema linifolia
Edible: Fruit
Knema mandaharan
Edible: Seeds - oil
Myristica beddomei
Wild nutmeg
Edible: Spice
Myristica cinnamomea
Edible: Seeds, Spice
Myristica crassa
Edible: Fruit, Spice
Myristica globosa subsp. muelleri
Queensland nutmeg
Edible: Nuts, Spice
Myristica guatteriifolia
Myristica iners
Edible: Spice ?
Myristica philippensis
Edible: Fruit - spice
Myristica sphaerosperma
Edible: Fruit
Myristica succedanea
Halmahera nutmeg, Onin nutmeg
Edible: Nuts, Spice
Myristica tubiflora
Edible: Fruit
Myristica womersleyi
Edible: Seeds, Spice
Osteophloeum platyspermum
Ucuubarana
Otoba acuminata
Edible: Fruit - aril
Otoba parvifolia
Small leaf otoba
Edible: Fruit - aril
Pycnanthus angolensis
African nutmeg
Edible: Seeds - spice, Leaves
Scyphocephalium mannii
Edible: Seeds - spice
Scyphocephalium ochocoa
Edible: Seeds - flavouring
Staudtia kamerunensis
Edible: Bark, Fruit - aril
Staudtia kamerunensis var. gabonensis
Edible: Fruit aril
Virola carinata
Carinate virola
Virola guatemalensis
Edible: Seeds - flavouring
Virola koschnyi
Koschny virola
Virola loretensis
Edible: Fruit
Virola sebifera
Pintri
Edible: Leaves - tea, Seeds, Nuts
Virola surinamensis
White ucuba, Suriname virola
Edible: Seeds - oil, Seeds - spice, Aril - spice