Mesua ferrea L.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (GARCINIA or COCUM FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Calophyllaceae
  • Species : Mesua ferrea
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mesua ferrea L.
  • Common name : Ceylon Iron-Wood
  • Vernacular name : Nagasampige (Kan.); Uppa chettu, Naga kesaram (Tel.); Nagesar, Nageswar (Ori.); Nagakesara (San.)
  • Key identification features : A small evergreen tree with straight trunk and smooth bark. Leaves are simple, opposite and are red when young. Flowers are large, 8-12 cm across, sepals and petals are four in each whorl. Stamens are numerous. Fruits are 3 cm across, ovoid, pointed, woody, with enlarged calyx. Bark is dull-brown, faintly fissured.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Native : Indian sub-continent
  • Comments : Occasional in evergreen forests near streams. Often planted for its valuable timber.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Ganjam district, Angul district, Rebna Forest (Keonjhar district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Andaman & Nicobar (India), Tropical Asia
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Mesua ferrea. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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