Abstract
This chapter covers the morphology, uses, volatile (mace oil, fixed oil, volatile oil, and leaf, flower and pericarp oils) and non-volatile (lignans, sterols, phenolic acids and aromaglycosides) constituents, and medicinal properties (insecticidal, hypolipidaemic, antioxidant, nematicidal, antibacterial, antineoplastic and antifungal) of nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).