Nutmeg- Variety information

IISR-Viswashree: It is released from IISR, Calicut.  Viswashree yields about 1000 fruits at the eight year of planting. An average yield of approximately 3122 kg dry nut (with shell) and 480 kg dry mace per hectare could be obtained with a population of 360 plants/ha. The dry recovery of nut and mace of is 70 and 35%, respectively. The nut has 7.1% essential oil, 9.8% oleoresin and 30.9% butter, while the mace has 7.1% essential oil and 13.8% oleoresin.