Annonaceae
Calabash nutmeg
Monodora myristica
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Genus
- Monodora
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- حيدلان الطيب
- Chinese
- 假肉荳蔻
- English
- Calabash nutmeg
- Hausa
- Gujiyar dan miya
- Persian
- جوز کالاباش
- Slovenian
- Nepravi muškatovec, Afriški muškatni oreh, Jamajški muškatni oreh
- Thai
- กระดังงาแอฟริกา
Synonyms
- Annona myristica Gaertn.
- Monodora borealis Scott Elliot
- Monodora claessensii De Wild.
- Monodora unwinii Hutch. & Dalziel
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chris Quirin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Wisdom Joshua Cyprian, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dora Ordu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Carla Hartl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.