Researchers discovered primordial Myristica swamps in two southern Kerala sacred groves, extending their known regional distribution beyond Kozhikode and providing new ecological sites for these fragile, nutmeg-dominated freshwater forest ecosystems. ““Look at the irony of it. A waterlogged ecosystem is sinking.” Naturalist E. Unnikrishnan is talking about the Myristica swamps of Kerala. These swamps are found in the Sacred Groves or.