- Family : CLUSIACEAE
(Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : 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; Mesua nagassarium (Burm.f.) Kosterm.
- 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, Iron-wood Tree
- 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)
- Nagapushpah (Sanskrit)
- Nagakesar (Hindi)
- 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 :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Angul district, Kendujhar 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
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 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
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol.1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mesua ferrea
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Mesua ferrea. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.
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