Nutmeg

The name nutmeg is also applied in different countries to other fruits or seeds: the Jamaica, or calabash, nutmeg derived from Monodora myristica (family Annonaceae); the Brazilian nutmeg from Cryptocarya moschata (family Lauraceae); the Peruvian nutmeg from Laurelia aromatica (family Atherospermataceae); the Madagascar, or clove, nutmeg from Ravensara aromatica (family Lauraceae); and the California, or stinking, nutmeg from Torreya californica (family Taxaceae).