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nees aboUt 8 pairS slender; petiole 6-12 mm. flowers dioecious. Male flowers 3-5 in racemes, 2.5-6 cm. floWers 6 mm. long ellipsoid nodding. with a scale like bracteole under the glabrate perianth anthers 9-12, connate in a cyUndIi stipilate colunm. Pistillate flowers yelloW, small axUlarY, often solitarY. Fruit ovoid, sub_globose or pyriforiii. 4-5 cm. long, valved. Seed one, almost comPletuiY sunounded bY a fleshy, ine1arlY slit or holed a1)1ode.
Propagation: By seeds and vegetative method.
Parts Used: Fruit.
Chemical Constituents: Major constituents of nutmeg oil are d-b-pjne, myriSticini. linalool, safrole, dl-a-Piflene, dipentene and linalYl acetate.
Uses: The kernel as well as the an are used whole or ground as culinarY spices in spice and in bal(erY and con ectioflY items. Nutmeg is used in flavouring desserts and in meat 5easoning. Mace is used in meat 5easofling, gausage fil�ings, sauces, pickleS soups and curries. Solvent extracted oleoreSm as such and in capsuiated form is used as substitute for the whole or ground spice. nutmeg oil is used to flavour lieU15, canned soUps. cooked cabbage, and other food products