Myristica fragrans Myristica fragrans Myristica fragrans is an evergreen tree indigenous to the Moluccas (or the Spice Islands) of Indonesia. It is important as the main source of the spices nutmeg and mace. It is widely grown across the tropics including Guangdong and Yunnan in China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Grenada in the Caribbean, Kerala in India, Sri Lanka and South America. "Myristica fragrans" is a evergreen tree, usually tall, but occasionally reaching and rarely reaching up to find only in Tidore. The alternately arranged leaves are dark green, long by wide with petioles about long. The species is dioecious, i.e. "male" or
A City is Not a Tree environment and related fields". A City is Not a Tree A City is Not a Tree is a widely cited 1965 essay (later published as a book) by the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander, first published in the journal "Architectural Forum", and re-published many times since. In 2015 the essay was published as a book including new exegesis commentaries on the original essay from other architects, engineers and physicists. "A City is Not a Tree" has been widely described as a landmark text, and the Resource for Urban Design Information calls it "one of the classic references in the