Myristicaceae (nutmeg family) » Myristica fragrans Houtt.

my-RIS-ti-kuh -- from the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing) FRAY-granz -- fragrant

commonly known as: nutmeg • Assamese: জাইফল jaiphol • Bengali: জাতিফল jatiphala, জায়ফল jayaphala • Garo: joipol • Gujarati: જાયફળ jayaphala • Hindi: जातीफल jati-phal, जायफल jayaphal • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jakayi, ಜಾತೀಫಲ jatiphala • Kashmiri: जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal • Khasi: jaiphol • Konkani: जायफळ jayaphal • Malayalam: ജാതി jathi, ജാതിക്കാ jathikka • Manipuri: জায়ফল jayfal • Marathi: जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala • Nepali: जाइफल् jaiphal • Oriya: ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala • Punjabi: ਜਾਫਲ jafal • Sanskrit: जातिफल jatiphala • Tamil: சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay • Telugu: జాజికాయ jajikaya • Tibetan: dza ti pha la • Urdu: جائيپهل jayaphal

Native to: Banda Islands of Indonesia; cultivated elsewhere