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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
Official drug 
Myristica 
Oleum Myristicae 
Macis N.F. 
Part used 
Kernel of seed 
Volatile oil 
Arillode 
Botanical name 
Myristica fragrans 
Myristica fragrans 
Myristica fragrans 
Habitat 
Molluca Islands 
Fig. 188 .—Myristica fragrans —Branch and fruit. (Sayre.) 
Lauracea dr 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. Inflorescenes usually cymose clus- 
