Mace, spice consisting of the dried aril, or lacy covering, of the nutmeg fruit of Myristica fragrans, a tropical evergreen tree. Mace has a slightly warm taste and a fragrance similar to that of nutmeg.
It is a biennial, aromatic, stout, glabrous, 1.5 to 1.8 mtr high. The ripe fruit (seed) is small, oblong, cylindrical,…
Star anise is the dried, star shaped fruit of Illicium verum. It is an evergreen tree attaining a height of…
Ginger of commerce is the dried underground stem of the herbaceous tropical plant grown as an annual. The whole plant…