What is unique about Grenadas nutmeg and mace?
Nutmeg and mace are the only spices to share the same source, the fruit of the nutmeg tree. The nutmeg fruit is apricot-like or peachlike in appearance. The flesh of the fruit is like a thick pod or pericarp. When ripe, it is lemon yellow to light brown in color that opens in half, revealing a dark brown shiny seed covered by a bright red membrane, lace-like aril, known as the mace. The spice nutmeg is the kernel of the dried, cracked seed. The spice mace is the dried, cured aril taken from around the shell covering the kernel. Both spices provide internal and external human benefits, as well as use across many industries.
