Mace Oil

The oil is mainly used for flavouring preparations, especially in soft drinks.

Uses: It can be used for flatulent dyspepsia, nausea, diarrhea, dysentery and rheumatism. Both Mace and Nutmeg help digestion in stomach weakness, but if used in excess may cause over-excitement. They increase circulation and body heat. They have been employed in pestilential and putrid fevers, and with other substances in intermittent fevers.

Description: Mace the tree is a small evergreen, not more than 40 feet in height, with smooth, grayish-brown bark, green on the younger branches. The alternate leaves are oblong-ovate, acute, entire, smooth, and dark-green. The flowers are very small and unisex. The fruits, smooth and yellow, resemble a pear grooved by a longitudinal furrow and containing a single erect seed about 1 1/4 inches long. The nucleus being the wrinkled nutmeg. The fleshy, irregular covering, scarlet when fresh and drying, yellow and brittle, is the mace.

  • Botanical Name: Myristica fragrans
  • Common Name: Mace Oil
  • Native Country: India
  • Parts Used: Husk
  • Extraction Method: Steam Distilled
  • Aroma: medium, spicy scent reminiscent of nutmeg.

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