Also known as Nutmeg family
The Myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is sometimes called the "nutmeg family", after its most famous member, Myristica fragrans, the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The best known genera are Myristica in Asia and Virola in the Neotropics.
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General: Notes on delimitation: The Myristicaceae is placed Appearance: Key differences from similar families: Myristicaceae
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ニクズク科(ニクズクか)(Myristicaceae)は、モクレン目の科の1つである。常緑性の木本であり、樹液は有色(通常は赤色)。花は小さく単性、花被片はふつう3枚で合生、多数の雄しべが合生したをもち、雌しべは1個。種子はふつう派手な仮種皮で包まれ(右図)、胚乳には虫食い状の陥入がある。世界中の熱帯域に分布し、約20属500種ほどが知られる。ニクズク(Myristica fragrans)の種子は、香辛料のナツメグやメースとして広く利用されている。
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Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).