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Myristica fragrans
Myristica fragrans (nutmeg tree), source of the spices nutmeg and mace, native to the Banda Islands, Maluku; a 5–13 m Myristicaceae tree with myristicin-containing seeds, once a Dutch monopoly.
Myristicaceae
Myristicaceae, the nutmeg family, is a pantropical Magnoliales family of about 21 genera and roughly 500 species of trees with red sap and arillate seeds; nutmeg and mace come from Myristica fragrans.
Myrrh
Myrrh (mo yao 沒藥) is the aromatic gum-resin of Commiphora myrrha/molmol trees of Arabia and the Horn of Africa, traded since antiquity as perfume, incense, embalming agent, and medicine, now CITES-listed and EU-monographed.
Myrsine
Myrsine (colicwood; Rapanea) is a pantropical genus of about 200-300 species of dioecious shrubs and trees in Primulaceae, formerly Myrsinaceae, with small punctate flowers, drupaceous fruits, and medicinal species such as M. africana.
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family (myrtle family, Myrtaceae Juss.), is a pantropical family of aromatic woody plants with about 140 genera and 5,500 species, including Eucalyptus, Syzygium, Eugenia, Psidium (guava) and Melaleuca, recognized by pellucid-dotted leaves and many stamens.
Myrtales
Myrtales (Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl, 1820), also called Epilobiales, is an order of eudicot flowering plants in the malvids with nine families, about 13,000 species, a Gondwanan origin, and major families Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae.
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Myrtillocactus geometrizans, commonly called garambullo or blue myrtle cactus, is a candelabra-shaped cactus native to Mexico, grown for its edible dark-purple fruit and as a grafting stock.
Myrtus
Myrtus is a small genus of aromatic Myrtaceae shrubs, type species Myrtus communis (common myrtle, arrayán, mirto), native Macaronesia to Pakistan; modern reviews recognize two species, M. communis and Saharan M. nivellei, used in medicine, food, and perfumery.
Myrtus communis
Myrtus communis (common myrtle), an evergreen Myrtaceae shrub native from Macaronesia to Pakistan, used in folk medicine and food; rich in essential oils and polyphenols, IUCN least concern, not yet a regulatory-approved drug.
Nageia
Nageia is a genus of five evergreen podocarp conifers ranging from southern India and Bangladesh through Malesia to southern Japan, unusual among conifers for flat, broad, many-veined leaves.
Nageia nagi
Nageia nagi (Thunb.) Kuntze, the nagi tree or Asian bayberry (竹柏, ナギ), is a broad-leaved podocarp conifer native to southeast China, Taiwan, and Japan, listed Near Threatened globally and Endangered in Taiwan.
Nageia wallichiana
Nageia wallichiana (brown podocarp, Brown's pine; basionym Podocarpus wallichianus) is a tropical podocarp tree of SW India, Assam, Yunnan and Malesia, 10–54 m tall, a timber species, IUCN Least Concern.
Najas
Najas (water-nymph, guppy grass) is a cosmopolitan genus of 30-40 submerged aquatic plants in Hydrocharitaceae, formerly Najadaceae; two subgenera, North American origin, water-pollinated, some species invasive aquarium weeds.
Naming of graft chimeras
Naming of graft chimeras covers the ICNCP rules for naming plants joined by grafting, using plus-sign formulae like Crataegus + Mespilus and condensed graftionyms like +Crataegomespilus.
Nandina
Nandina, also known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is an evergreen ornamental shrub native to China, grown for its lacy foliage and bright red berries.
Napa cabbage (大白菜)
Napa cabbage (大白菜, wombok, Chinese cabbage), Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, is a Chinese-origin heading brassica used chiefly for kimchi; stored at 1-2°C and >95% RH for 2-3 months.
Narcissus 'King Alfred'
Narcissus 'King Alfred' is a Division 1 trumpet daffodil raised in Devon in the 1890s, awarded an RHS First Class Certificate in 1899 and the standard yellow daffodil for decades.
Narcissus (plant)
Narcissus (daffodils, jonquils, paperwhites) is a Mediterranean bulb genus in Amaryllidaceae with 36-54 species, 2n=10-72 chromosomes, 13 horticultural divisions, and over 20,000 registered cultivar names.
Narcissus divisions and cultivars
Narcissus divisions are the thirteen classes into which the Royal Horticultural Society places every daffodil, from long-trumpeted forms to doubles, split-coronas, and botanical species, with cultivars in Divisions 1–12 and botanical taxa in Division 13.
Narcissus jonquilla
Narcissus jonquilla, the true jonquil or rush daffodil, is an Iberian bulbous Amaryllidaceae species with rush-like leaves, fragrant golden flowers, 2n=14, parent of Division 7 jonquilla daffodils.
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the daffodil or wild daffodil (Lent Lily), is a bulbous geophyte native to western Europe, described by Linnaeus in 1753, parent of most yellow trumpet cultivars, and poisonous in all parts.
Nardoo
Nardoo (ngardu) is a starchy flour Aboriginal Australians ground from the hard sporocarps of the aquatic fern Marsilea drummondii; unprocessed, its thiaminase killed the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861.
Nardus stricta
Nardus stricta (mat grass, moor matgrass) is a tufted perennial grass of acidic, nutrient-poor European mountain grasslands, first published in 1753. Its bristle-like, silica-rich leaves are avoided by sheep, and its species-rich swards form EU priority habitat 6230.
Narthecium
Narthecium (bog asphodel) is a genus of eight accepted perennial herb species in Nartheciaceae, Dioscoreales, native to Europe, the Caucasus, Japan, and North America, growing in bogs and swamps.
Nasi goreng
Nasi goreng (Malay/Indonesian for 'fried rice') is a Malay Archipelago fried-rice dish of day-old rice with kecap manis, shrimp paste, garlic, and shallot, topped with egg; Indonesia's national dish with 104 documented regional variations, ranked second in CNN's 2011 world foods poll.
Nasi lemak
Nasi lemak, Malay for "fatty rice," is a coconut-milk rice dish with pandan, sambal, anchovies, peanuts, egg, and cucumber; a Malay-origin breakfast staple of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Brunei.
Nauclea
Nauclea is a genus of Rubiaceae trees native to tropical Africa, Asia, and northern Australia, used in traditional medicine against malaria and pain and for timber; key species include N. latifolia, N. officinalis, and threatened N. diderrichii.
Navicula
Navicula is a genus of boat-shaped biraphid diatoms, single-celled algae with silica cell walls, drastically revised since the late 1970s and used in stream water-quality assessment.
Navy bean
Navy bean, also called pea bean or Yankee navy bean, a small white-seeded market class of Phaseolus vulgaris; Mesoamerican race, named in the War of 1812 era, grown around the Great Lakes, 263 million pounds produced in the U.S. in 2024.
Nectarine cultivars
Nectarine cultivars are named, propagated varieties of the smooth-skinned form of peach, differing from peaches by a single recessive gene and bred for flesh color and ripening season.