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Abstract

The introduction of nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) and cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum J.Presl) to America.

Abstract

This paper documents that the first specimens of the economically important nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) tree did not reach the New World until 1773, while the equally valuable cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum [Cinnamomum zeylanicum]) tree had been transferred to a Caribbean island by 1762. These dates can serve to interpret a recently discovered manuscript by the French botanist Jean Baptiste D'Arnault in which he claimed to have collected nutmeg and cinnamon in the Lesser Antilles or Venezuela in 1767 (Lindorf [see Acta Bot. Venez. (2001) 24(2), 203-204 and Acta Bot. Venez. (2002) 25(1), 97-102]).

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Abstract details

  • Author Affiliation
  • 89 East 'E' Street, Encinitas, CA 92024-3612, USA.
  • ISSN
  • 0084-5906
  • Publisher information
  • Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela Caracas Venezuela
  • Language of Summary
  • Spanish
  • Record Number
  • 20053170680
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