A-to-Z List Essential Oils from the Myristicaceae Family of Plants:
Scientific Classification:
- Domain: Eukarya – organisms with membraine-bound nucleuses
- Kingdom: Plantae – plants, Planta, Vegetal, plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Magnoliales
- Family: Myristicaceae
Direct Children of Myristicaceae by Genus:
- Bicuiba
- Brochoneura
- Coelocaryon
- Compsoneura
- Doyleanthus
- Endocomia
- Gymnacranthera
- Haematodendron
- Horsfieldia
- Iryanthera
- Knema
- Mauloutchia
- Myristica
- Neobrochoneura
- Osteophloeum
- Otoba
- Paramyristica
- Pycnanthus
- Scyphocephalum
- Staudtia
- Virola
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Nutmeg
(Myristica fragrans)
Aroma Description: Spicy, sweet and woody. It is similar in aroma to the cooking spice, but it is much more fragrant.