Myristica malabarica Lam.
- Family: Myristicaceae
- Vernacular names: Chorapali, Pathri, ചോരപാലി, പത്തിരി (Malayalam), Malabar nutmeg (English), Jatiphala (Sanskrit), Katjathika (Tamil)
- Distribution: Endemic to Western Ghats
- Description: Large dioecious trees. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate. Flowers unisexual, white; male in cymes, axillary or from the old axils below the leaves, generally cymosely branched, rarely simple. Male flowers numerous, umbel at the apex of branchlets; female flowers slightly larger than male peduncle generally simple with 3 umbel pedicels at the apex. Fruit a capsule, oblong, seed one, aril yellow, irregularly lobed, laciniate, extending to the apex of the seed.
- Habit: Tree
- Habitat: Evergreen and swamp forests
- Flowering & Fruiting: January-September
- Parts used: Seeds and Aril
- Properties & Uses: Seeds and arils are used for the treatment of fever, cough, asthma, bronchitis, burning sensation and body pain.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
- Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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