Myristica argentea Myristica argentea Myristica argentea is a tree that grows in the primary rain forests of New Guinea. It is occasionally a source of nutmeg, and it (or its seed) is called Macassar nutmeg, Papua(n) nutmeg, long nutmeg or silver nutmeg. "M. malabarica" is used to adulterate true nutmeg, which comes from "Myristica fragrans". The leaves are simple and spiral. The petiole is stout, cracked transversally, channeled, and 2.8 cm long. The blade is glossy, 20 cm × 6.4 cm – 13.5 cm × 5.6 cm – 19 cm × 6 cm, elliptic, acuminate at the apex in a tail, and
The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage