Nutmeg is
also used
for
flavoring
various food
stuffs.
People often
use it as a
condiment
particularly
in sweet
foods.
Nutmeg is
also used as
a spice in
the food
processing
industry. It
is also used
in the
preparation
of soups,
meat
products,
sauces,
puddings,
seasoning of
meat, baked
foods,
confectioneries,
vegetable
etc. In
Eastern
countries,
people use
it as a
drug. Nutmeg
oil is used
in cosmetics
and
toiletries.
Nutmeg is
beneficial
in the
treatment of
fever,
asthma and
heart
disease. It
is used
exclusively
in Indian
sweets.
Nutmeg oil
is used to
relax
muscles and
has a
sedative
capability.
It can
reduce
flatulence,
aid
digestion,
improve the
appetite and
treat
diarrhea,
vomiting and
nausea.
Nutmeg Seeds
are used as
condiments and
flavor enhancer
in various
dishes and
sweets. It is
used in making
of soups,
sauces,
puddings, etc.
It is also used
as a drug in
Eastern
countries. As a
drug nutmeg
spices is
beneficial in
curing fever,
asthma, heart
diseases,
flatulence,
digestion
problems,
diarrhea,
vomiting and
nausea. The oil
of nutmeg is
used in
relaxation of
muscles,
cosmetics and
toiletries. We
are one of the
outstanding
nutmeg exporters
and suppliers in
India
Description
A large
evergreen
dioecious tree,
reaching 30 m
height and about
2 m girth. Bark
smooth, surface
blackish green,
with small
exfoliation;
outer bark 1-2
mm thick, dead;
inner bark 1-1.3
cm thick,
fibrous,
striate, deep
red, exuding
reddish watery
juice when cut
freshly. Wood
yellowish brown,
moderately hard.
Branch lets
robust,
hairless, the
terminal bud
velvety. Leaves
alternate,
simple elliptic
to oblong-lanceolate,
10-25 x 5-10 cm,
base rounded,
apex acute,
margin entire,
harless,
leathery,
shining above,
bluish grey
beneath; lateral
nerves 16-18
pairs,
prominent.
Flowers
unisexual, male
and female
flowers seen in
separate trees.
Male flowers 5-6
long, white
stalk less or
shortly stalked,
10-20 together
arising on short
woody
structures,
hairy brown
tomentsone, thin
fleshy. female
flowers usually
solitary rarely
3-4 together
more or less
stalk less,
slightly bigger
than male
flowers, white
Drupes 1-3
together,
broadly ovoid to
ellipsoid, 4-8 x
3-6 cm,
powdery-pubescent
with fleshy
outer rind.
Seeds ovoid, 2-4
x1.5-3 cm,
smooth, covered
with fleshy
dissected
orange-red to
creamy white
aril.
Chemical
Constituents
Triglycerides,
palmtic, stearic
oleic and
linoleic,
glyceride
trisaturated,
trace, di-saturated
mono-unsaturated,
mono-saturated
di-unsaturated
and
tri-unsaturated.
Cosmetic Uses
Nutmeg is used
as flavoring
agent especially
analgesic and
tonic
preparations.
Soaps, lotions,
detergents,
cosmetics,
perfumes. Mace
oleoresin used
in colognes,
perfumes, Both
oils and
oleoresin are
used in most
major food
categories.
Medicinal Uses
Aril with dried ginger is rubbed
in cold water and given to check
diarrhoea. Aril is also used in
treating cough, bronchitis,
fever, burning sensation,
inflammation of joints, skin
disorders, wounds,
sleeplessness, indigestion,
liver disorders and worms.
Seed storage of plant genetic
resources
The need to conserve plant
genetic resources can no longer
be in doubt. The destruction of
natural habitats, the
replacement of multiple cropping
systems with monocultures, the
replacement of traditional
varieties with uniform
high-yielding cultivars all lead
to genetic erosion and the loss
of crop and plant diversity.
Genetic resources are vital for
crop breeding programmes as
sources of new genes for, for
example, disease and pest
resistance. They are also vital
as sources of pharmaceutical and
novel industrial and food
products. In their own right
they may have potential as new
crops.
Cinnamon Seeds Prices
Rates in Rs. (per kg. )180/190