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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
Official drug 
Myristica 
Oleum Myristica 
Macis N.F. 
Part used 
Kernel of seed 
Volatile oil 
Arillode 
Botanical name Habitat 
Myristica fragrans ] 
Myristica fragrans }■ Mollucajlslands 
Myristica fragrans J 
Fig. 145 . — Myristica fragens — Branch and fruit. 
(Sayre.) 
Lauraceoz or Spicebush Family . — Shrubs or trees of sub-tropical or 
tropical, rarely of temperate regions. Bark, wood and leaves rich 
in spicy aromatic hydrocarbon oils. Leaves alternate, simple, 
entire, often leathery shining. Inflorescences usually cymose clus- 
