Nutmeg Tree
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Scientific name
Myristica fragrans Houtt.
English Name
Nutmeg Tree
Malayalam name
ജാതി
Common name
Jathi
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Leaves : simple,alternate,estipulate
- Flowers : unisexual,yellow
- Fruits : a capsule,yellow
How to use
- Fruit is used to treat vomiting, thirst, diseases of heart and urinary discharges.
- The seed oil is useful in diarrhea, pains, ulcers, it also improves the appetite.
- The nut and arils are used for the treatment of chronic diarrhea, diseases of heart and spleen, headache, palsy, eye troubles.
Uses
Carminative, stimulant, anthelmintic and diuretic
Parts used
Fruits,seeds and aril
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
Propagation is through seeds, layering or grafting; the latter methods being more popular than seed propagation.
