Myristica nana
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| Myristica nana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Myristica |
| Species: | M. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Myristica nana W.J.de Wilde | |
Myristica nana is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a shrub or small tree endemic to the Papuan Peninsula of eastern Papua New Guinea. It grows 2 to 7 metres tall, and flowers and fruits in July and August. It grows in flatland and steep slopes in lowland rain forest from 400 to 750 metres elevation.[1]
