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Flora - Wild Nutmeg

 
Wild Nutmeg / Cajuca

Scientific Name - Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb

Common Name - Nutmeg 
Trade Name - Baboen

Tall lightly tapered evergreen tree reaching 45 meters in height. Light brown bark.

  Flower: Large axillary panicles up to 9cm long

Fruit: A oliviform berry, containg 1 seed enclosed almost completely within a red aril.

 
 

 

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