Myristica dactyloides is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae.

[1][2] The species was earlier thought to occur in India because two subspecies of the related Myristica beddomei found in India, namely M. b. beddomei and M. b. ustulata, were wrongly identified as M. dactyloides Gaertn.

[2] Taxonomy Myristica dactyloides differs from the Indian taxon M. beddomei in leaf and flower characteristics.

The male flowers have caducous bracteoles and the male flower buds are distinctly ellipsoid with pointed apex.

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