Mace
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Botanical Name |
Achillea ageratum |
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Description |
Perennial up to 60cm/2ft tall |
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Culinary Uses |
Salads, garnish, soups, stews, sauces |
Mace
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Botanical Name |
Myristica fragrans |
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Family |
Myristicaceae |
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Description |
The arillus surrounding the nutmeg |
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Native to |
Molucca Islands, India, New Guinea |
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Introduced to |
Sri Lanka, West Indies |
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Parts Used |
Arillus |
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Actions |
Carminative, stimulant |
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Constituents |
Volatile oil –myristic, elemene, safrole. Monoterpene hydrocarbons -camphene, alpha pinene, beta pinene, sabinene, cymene, alpha thujune. Monoterpene alcohols linalool, gerniol, borneol Resorcinols –malabaricone B and C Lignans –dihydroguaretic acid |