Myristica inutilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Myristicaceae |
Genus: | Myristica |
Species: | M. inutilis |
Binomial name | |
Myristica inutilis | |
Infraspecific taxa [2] | |
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Myristica inutilis is a species of flowering plant in the nutmeg family, Myristicaceae. It is a tree native to the South Pacific, ranging from New Guinea through the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands (including Bougainville) to Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and the Samoan Islands. It is not native to Fiji, but may be present in Tonga. [2]
Myristica inutilis is an evergreen tree which can grow from 10 to 25 metres tall and occasionally up to 40 metres. It grows in lowland rain forest, hill forest, and littoral (beach) forest, including seasonally inundated areas, where it is typically a canopy tree. It grows mostly between sea level and 350 metres elevation, and occasionally up to 800 metres. [1]
The IUCN considers the species to have a wide distribution, stable population, and common within its range, and not currently not facing major threats, so it is assessed as least concern. [1]
Wood from Myristica inutilis is used for timber, and the red sap (kino) is used as a brown dye. Young shoots harvested from the wild are cooked and eaten like spinach. In some places the sap is used to stop nosebleeds. [1]
Seven infraspecific taxa are accepted: [2]
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