Monodora myristica stomach-aches, febrile pains, eye diseases and haemorrhoids. The essential oil that can be obtained from the leaves contains "β"-caryophyllene, "α"-humulene and "α"-pinene. The major compounds found in the essential oil from the seeds are "α"-phellandrene, "α"-pinene, myrcene, limonene and pinene. Monodora myristica Monodora myristica, the calabash nutmeg, is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. In former times, its seeds were widely sold as an inexpensive nutmeg substitute. This is now less common outside its region of production. Other names of calabash nutmeg include Jamaican nutmeg, African nutmeg, ehuru, ariwo, awerewa, ehiri, airama,
Mace (unit) other units, was used in weight-denominated silver currency system. A common denomination was 7 mace and 2 candareens, equal to one silver Chinese yuan. Like other similar measures such as tael and catty, the English word "mace" derives from Malay, in this case through Dutch "maes", plural "masen", from Malay "mas" which, in turn, derived from Sanskrit "", a word related to "mash," another name for the urad bean, and masha, a traditional Indian unit of weight equal to 0.97 gram. This word is unrelated to other uses of mace in English. The Chinese word for mace is "qian" (),