African nutmeg

Monodora myristica is a tall tree, 30-40 m in height, with a trunk diameter of 40-100 cm. It lacks stilt roots or buttresses. The leaves are 11-50 cm long, obovate, with a cuneate to cordate base and an acuminate apex. The tree produces bisexual flowers, with each inflorescence bearing a single flower. The flowers have 9 perianth parts arranged in 3 whorls, with outer petals longer than inner ones. The pedicel is 70-270 mm long and elongates to 300-350 mm in fruit. Sepals are elliptic to ovate, colored pale yellow with purple to dark red. The species is distributed across tropical Africa, including countries like Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania.