- Family : CLUSIACEAE
(Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Calophyllaceae
- Synonym(s) : Calophyllum nagassarium Burm.f.; Mesua nagana Gardner; Mesua nagassarium (Burm.f.) Kosterm.; Mesua pedunculata Wight; Mesua roxburghii Wight; Mesua salicina Planch. & Triana; Mesua sclerophylla Thwaites; Mesua speciosa Choisy; Mesua walkeriana Planch. & Triana
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mesua ferrea L.
- Common name : Ceylon Iron-Wood, Indian Rose chestnut, Cobra's Saffron, Inagas tree, Ironwood, Mesua, Nagas tree, Penaga Lili
- Vernacular name :
- Nagasampige (Kannada)
- Naga kesaram, Uppachettu (Telugu)
- Nagesar, Nageswar (Oria)
- Nagakesara (Sanskrit)
- Churuli, Eliponku, Nagachempakam, Nagakesaram, Nagapoovu, Nangakilkuru, Nangu, Peri, Seemanagapoovu, Vayanaavu, Veluthapala (Malayalam)
- Nagchampa, Nagchapha, Thorachmpa (Marathi)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, near streams
- Comments / notes : The wood is dark reddish brown, very hard, heavy and strong. The wood is extensively used in Assam for railway sleepers
- Key identification features : Moderate-sized or large tree, with a thin greyish-brown bark, often with white patches and peeling in flakes. Flowers large, solitary or in pairs, silvery-white with bright yellow anthers.
- Flower, Fruit : April-November
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Angul district, Keonjhar district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,Rutland and Baratang Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Nagaland
- World Distribution : India, Andaman and Nicobar (India), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 88
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mesua ferrea. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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