One nutmeg fruit gives us two different spices — ChillScroll

An open nutmeg fruit showing a dark seed wrapped in bright red mace

One nutmeg fruit gives us two different spices

Inside a ripe nutmeg fruit, the dark seed becomes the spice nutmeg. The bright red, lace-like covering around that seed becomes a second spice called mace.

One fruit opens and says, ‘I brought two spices.’

Source · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ↗