Bark
Bark is brownish, usually smooth, irregulary flaky; blaze reddish.
Knema attenuata
Syn. Myristica attenuata
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Wild Nutmeg (English)
- Raan Jayaphal (Marathi)
- Cura-Pattiri (Tamil)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Myristicaceae
20m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are simple, alternate, carried on stalks 0.6-1.3 cm long, stout, rusty velvety when young and hairless when mature.
Flower
Flowers are unisexual, dioecious. Male flowers are borne on short axillary peduncle, rusty velvety. Female flowers arise 1-3, on stalks up to 0.8 cm long.
Fruit / Seeds
Capsule is elliptic, up to 4 cm long, 2-valved, rusty velvety; seed one with crimson red lacinated aril.
Did you know?
Bark wounds release crimson, blood-like resin, inspiring Malayalam names Chorappayin and Chorapathri, and Kannada Raktamara, meaning “Blood Tree” or “Blood Nutmeg.”
Distribution
SW. India