Monodora myristica 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, African orchid nutmeg, muscadier de Calabash and lubushi. The calabash nutmeg tree grows naturally in evergreen forests from Liberia to Nigeria and Cameroon, Ghana, Angola and also Uganda and west Kenya. Due to the slave trade in the 18th century,
Myristica swamp Myristica swamp "Myristica" swamps are a type of freshwater swamp forest predominantly composed of species of "Myristica". These are found in two localities in India. "Myristica" swamps have adapted to inundation by way of stilt roots and knee roots. "Myristica" swamps are found in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka State and in the southern parts of Kerala State. "Myristica" swamps were described as a separate evergreen forest type by Krishnamurthy in 1960. These received attention in 1988 when Rodgers and Panwar described it as the most endangered forest ecosystem in India. The swamps in Karnataka has been studied in