Calabash nutmeg

Monodora myristicaAlso called monodora myristica

Calabash nutmeg is a spice used in stew. Its seeds are sold dried and whole.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Herbs & spices
Part used: Seed
Family: Annonaceae
Cooked most in: Africa
Top country: Nigeria
Dishes: 3 in the catalogue

Photo: User:Slashme · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use calabash nutmeg

Typical ways to cook or use it

Stew

Shopping

Choosing and storing calabash nutmeg

Sold as: Dried, Whole

Around the world

Where calabash nutmeg is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use calabash nutmeg. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Africa3

Countries whose dishes use it most

Nigeria 3

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list calabash nutmeg among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Angola, Uganda, Kenya

On the table

Dishes made with calabash nutmeg

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Spicy cow foot
Nigeria
African salad
Nigeria
Isi ewu
Nigeria

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include calabash nutmeg.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: calabash nutmeg in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What calabash nutmeg is called

Names in 40 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Monodora myristica
French
Monodora myristica
Italian
Monodora myristica
Portuguese
Monodora myristica
German
Monodora myristica
Dutch
Monodora myristica
Russian
Monodora myristica
Polish
Monodora myristica
Arabic
حيدلان الطيب
Persian
جوز کالاباش
Chinese
假肉荳蔻
Thai
กระดังงาแอฟริกา

Show all 40 languages

Afrikaans
Monodora myristica
Albanian
Monodora myristica
Aragonese
Monodora myristica
Asturian
Monodora myristica
Basque
Monodora myristica
Brazilian Portuguese
Monodora myristica
Bulgarian
Monodora myristica
Catalan
Monodora myristica
Cebuano
Monodora myristica
Esperanto
Monodora myristica
Extremaduran
Monodora myristica
Finnish
Monodora myristica
Galician
Monodora myristica
Hausa
Gujiyar dan miya
Ido
Monodora myristica
Igbo
Monodora myristica
Interlingua
Monodora myristica
Interlingue
Monodora myristica
Irish
Monodora myristica
Latin
Monodora myristica
Occitan
Monodora myristica
Romanian
Monodora myristica
Simplified Chinese
假肉荳蔻
Simplified Chinese (China)
假肉荳蔻
Slovak
Monodora muškátovníková
Slovenian
nepravi muškatovec · Monodora myristica · afriški muškatni oreh · jamajški muškatni oreh
Swedish
Monodora myristica
Ukrainian
Monodora myristica
Vietnamese
Monodora myristica
Volapük
Monodora myristica
Waray
Monodora myristica

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q6901558

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