Myristica fatua var. magnifica (Bedd.) Sinclair

 
  • Family : MYRISTICACEAE
    (Nutmeg Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JATIPHALA FAMILY (जातिफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : MYRISTICACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
  • Vernacular name : Ramapatre (Kannada); Kotthapanu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Myristica swamp forests
  • Comments / notes : Found commonly growing in Marshy places
  • Flower, Fruit : December-February
  • Collection Nos : Sedgwick & Bell 7191, Talbot 3723, KFP 728
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature : Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Myristica fatua var. magnifica. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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