Nutmeg is native to the Spice Islands. The nutmeg is the seedpod of the tropical evergreen Myristica fragrans (nutmeg tree). When the nutmeg fruit is first picked it is coated in a yellow web-like membrane which is also dried and sold as a spice called mace, or mace blades.
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