肉荳蔻屬為肉豆蔻科下轄屬之一，有超過 150 種分佈在亞洲和西太平洋 Myristica Flora of China 以及栽種南美、加勒比海。 肉荳蔲屬包含許多重要性的香料型經濟作物，如肉荳蔻 Myristica fragrans 屬名詞源 Myristica 這個名字來自希臘語形容詞 myristikos，意為 芬芳的膏，指的是其早期使用目地。 且此形容詞來自其名詞態 myron（香水、藥膏、膏油）。 描述 所有或幾乎下轄種都是雌雄異體。克努斯（Knuth（1904））引用了一份報告，樹木在幼年和雌植株的後代中都是雄植株。KNUTH P 1904 1905 Handbuch der Bliitenbiologie 3 1 2 ed O ApPEL E LOEw not translated Leipzig Engelmann 該屬中的物種擁有三個互生花被且以輪生排列，雄蕊為二十到三十個部分 有些是完全 聯合在一起的，上位子房由單個單卵心皮組成，Secondary Pollen Presentation page 7 Peter Yeo 1993 使用二次呈現型花粉，花粉先從雄蕊花藥轉移至雌蕊柱頭，使授粉者可在同一處進行沾粉和授粉，並且其為花粉堆型（德語原文：Pollenhaufen），即花粉裸堆於花的基部。 利用 種子 香料 種子為豆蔻核仁（nutmeg）、種皮為肉豆蔻皮（mace） 中藥 精油 健康食品 食品新增物 抗氧化劑、防腐劑 木材 將比其他樹種，肉荳蔻屬的木材使用性遠遠比不上其種子。 物種 註 ： 僅列部份 部份生物學家將一些種重新分類為 M acsmithii M agusanensis M albertisii M amboinensis M ampliata M amplifolia M amygdalina M anceps M apiculata M archboldiana M argentea M aruensis M atrocorticata M attenuata M avisparadisiacae M baeuerlenii M bancana M batjanica M beccarii M beddomei 縮羽肉荳蔻 M bialata 斯氏肉荳蔻 M bifurcata WJde Wilde 狐尾肉荳蔻 M bivalvis M bombycina M brachiata M brassii M buchneriana M cagayanensis 臺灣肉荳蔻 M canariformis M cantleyi M carrii M castaneifolia M celebica M cerifera M ceylanica M chartacea M chrysophylla M cimicifera M cinerea M cinnamomea M clemensii M collettiana M commersonii M concinna M contorta M contracta M cookii M coriacea M cornutiflora M corticata M corticosa M costata M costulata M crassa M crassifolia M crassipes M cucullata M cumingii M curtisii M cylindrocarpa M dactyloides M dardaini M dasycarpa M devogelii M diversifolia M duplopunctata M duthiei M elegans M elliptica M ensifolia M eugeniifolia M euryocarpa M fallax M faroensis M farquhariana M fatua M finlaysoniana M firmipes M fissiflora M flocculosa M flosculosa M forbesii M fragrans 肉荳蔻 M fugax M furfurascerts M fusca M gamblei M garciniifolia M geminata M gibbosa M gigantea M gillespieana M globosa M gracilipes M grandifolia M grandis M griffithii M guatteriifolia M hackenbergii M hellwigii M heritierifolia M hollrungii M hooglandii M hypargyraea M hyposticta M impressa M impressinervia M inaequalis M iners M ingens M ingrata M inopinata M insipida M intermedia M irya M iteophylla M johnsii M koordersii M korthalsii M kunstleri M kurzii M laevifolia M laevigata M lakilaki M laurella M laurina M laxiflora M lemanniana M lenta M leucoxyla M litoralis M longipes M lowiana M macgregori M macrantha M macrocarpa M macrocarya M macrocoma M macrothyrsa M magnifica M maingayi M majuscula M malabarica M malayana M mandaharan M markgraviana M mascula M maxima M mediovibex M micrantha M microcarpa M mindanaensis M mindorensis M miohu M mouchio M multinervia M murtoni M myrmecophila M neglecta M negrosensis M nesophila M niobue M niohne M nitida M nivea M oblongifolia M orinocensis M pachyphylla M pachythyrsa M palawanensis M paludicola M papuana M papyracea M parviflora M pectinata M pedicellata M peltata M pendulina M petiolata M philippensis M pilosigemma M pinnaeformis M platysperma M plumeriifolia M polyspherula M pseudoargentea M psilocarpa M pulchra M pumila M quercicarpa WJde Wilde M racemosa M radja M resinosa M retusa M ridleyana M ridleyi M riedelii M rosselensis M rubiginosa M rubrinervisMyristica rubrinervis M sagotiana M salomonensis WJde Wilde M sapida M schleinitzii M schumanniana M scortechinii M scripta M sericea M sesquipedalis M simiarum 菲律賓肉荳蔻 M smythiesii M spanogheana M sphaerosperma M sphaerula M spicata M sprucei M stenophylla M suavis M subglobosa M subtilis M succadanea M succosa M sulcata M suluensis M sumbavana M superba M teijsmannii M teysmanni M tingens M tomentella M tomentosa M tuberculata M tubiflora M umbellata M umbrosa M uncinata M undulatifolia M urdanetensis M uviformis M valida M velutina 絨毛肉荳蔻 M villosa M vinkeana M vordermanni M wallaceana M wallichii M wenzelii M womersleyi M wrayi M wyattsmithii M yunnanensis 雲南肉荳蔻 M zeylanica 文獻 Category 香料 Category 藥用植物 Category 肉荳蔻科