African nutmeg

English

African nutmeg (Monodora myristica)

A specimen of African nutmeg (Pycnanthus angolensis)

Noun

African nutmeg (countable and uncountable, plural African nutmegs)

A tree from tropical Africa, Monodora myristica (Annonaceae).
Synonym: calabash nutmeg
The seed of that tree, used as a spice.
Synonym: calabash nutmeg
Another tree from Western tropical Africa, Pycnanthus angolensis (syn. P. kombo) (Myristicaceae)[1]

Translations

Monodora myristica

Yoruba: aríwó, abo-lákọ̀ṣẹ

Pycnanthus angolensis

Adangme: otie
Akan: otie (Fante, Asante), etsiw (Fante)
Anyi: etan ma, atenli (Aowin)
Duala: bokonda
French: ilomba (fr) m
Ga: oti
Japanese: イロンバ (ja) (ironba)
Nzima: tekɛ, dɛnkɔ

References

Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 29

Further reading

Monodora myristica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Monodora myristica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Monodora myristica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Pycnanthus angolensis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pycnanthus angolensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pycnanthus angolensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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