Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
SYNONYM(S) : Calophyllum nagassarium Burm. f., Mesua coromandelina Wight, Mesua nagassarium (Burm. f.) Kosterm., Mesua pedunculata Wight, Mesua roxburghii Wight, Mesua sclerophylla Thw., Mesua speciosa Choisy
ARABIC : Khashbul
hadid,
Narae-kaisar, Nar e
misk.
ASSAMESE : Naboor,
নাগকেশৰ
Nagke xor,
নাগেশ্বৰ
Nage swor, নাহৰ
Nahor,
নোক্তে
Nokte.
BENGALI : Nagesar, নাগকেশর Nagkesar, পুন্নাগ Punnaga.
BURMESE : Gangau,
Gungen, Kenga, Kengau.
CHINESE : 铁 力木 Tie li mu, 鐵力木 (Taiwan).
DUTCH : Ijzerhout.
ENGLISH : Ceylon ironwood, Ceylon iron wood, Cobra's saffron, Indian rose-chestnut, Iron-wood of Assam, Iron-wood tree, Sembawang tree (Singapore), Serpent flowers.
FRENCH : Arbre de
fer, Bois de fer, Nagas de Ceylan.
GERMAN :
Gaugauholz, Nagasbaum,
Nagassamen, Nagkassar.
GUJARATI : નાગચંપા Nagachampa.
HINDI : Gajapushpam, नाग केसर (Nāga kēsara) Nagakesar, नागचम्पा Nagchampa, नागेसर Nagesar, Naghas, Naghesar, नागकेसर Nagkesar , Nahar, नर्मिश्क Narmishka (Urdu name in Devanagari script), Nogkesar.
ITALIAN : Croco di cobra.
JAPANESE : インドテツボク Indo tetsuboku, ローズウッド Roozuuddo, セイロンテツボク Seiron tetsuboku, タガヤサン Tagayasan, 鉄 刀木 Tagayasan, テツザイノキ Tetsuzai no ki.
KANNADA : Kanchana, ನಾಗ ಕೇಸರಿ Nagakesari, ನಾಗ ಸಮ್ಪಿಗೆ Nagasampige, ನಾಗಸಂಪಿಗೆ Nagasampige.
LAOTIAN : Ka
thang.
MALAY : Lengapus, Nagasari (Java), Penaga, Penaga lilin.
MARATHI : नागकेशर
Nagakeshara, Nagachampa, नागचाफा
(Nāgacāphā, Naagchapha) Nagchafa,
नागचंपा Nagchampa, ,
Nagchampe, थोरलाचांपा
Thorlachampa.
NEPALESE : Nagesuri, Nagesvar campa, Nagesvari,
नागकेसर Nagkesar, Narisal, Potal, Ruk
keshar.
ORIYA : Nageshvar.
PERSIAN : Narmishka,
Naz mushk.
PORTUGUESE : Marroio rosado.
PUNJABI : Naga kesar.
RUSSIAN : Индийское железное дерево Indiiskoe zheleznoe derevo, Мезуа железная Mezua zheleznaia, Мезуя железная Mezuia zheleznaia, Нагакешара Nagakeshara (from Hindi), Железное дерево Zheleznoe derevo.
SANSKRIT : Ahi puspa, Cãmpeyam, Champeryah, Hema pusam, Ibha, Kanakãhva, Kañcanãhvaya, Kiñijilkam, Kesaram, Nagakesara, Nagakeshara, Naga kiñjilkam, Naga pushpah, Naga puspam, Naga renuka, Nagam, Nagkesar * , नागकेशर Nagakesarah, Nagkeshara, Nagkeshwar, Nagpushpa, नागपुष्प Nagapuspah, PaficabhUvayam, Piñjaram,Phani pannagam, Rukmam, Suvarnam.
SINHALESE : Deyana, Na, Nagaha, Nahar.
SWEDISH : Nagasträd.
TAGALOG : Kaliuas.
TAMIL : Charu-nagapu,
Cheru-nagapu, சிறுநாகப்பூ Ciṟunākappū,
Irul, Karunangu, நாகப்பூ (Nāgappū,
Nākappū) Nagappu, நாகேசுரம்
Nakecuram , நாங்கு Nāṅku, Sirunagappoo (flower
buds), Tadinangu,
Veillutta champakam.
URDU : Nag Kesar, Narmishka, Narmushk.
VIETNAMESE : Vắp,
Vấp, Vếp.
UNIDENTIFIED : , Thiet lucmoc.
ENGLISH : Ironwood, Ironwood tree.
THAI : บุนนาค น้ํา Bunnak nam (Boon naak naam).
ENGLISH : Chestnut ironwood.
THAI : นาค บุตร Naak boot (Nak but).
Porcher Michel
H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name
Database - A Work in Progress. Sorting Mesua Names. <
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Mesua.html >
(2012).
ICRAF, 2004, Agroforestry Database, World Agroforestry Centre. International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF). < http://www.worldagroforestry.org/Sites/TreeDBS/Aft/BotanicSearch.cfm >. (AgFor)
flickr, 2008,
Nagesar (Hindi: नागेसर). < http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2209466346/
>
Thai-language.com, 2008, Internet Resource
for the Thai Language. < http://www.thai-language.com/
> Excellent
aid.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?Mesua (07 January 2005). (GRIN)
Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.
Sanskrit name "Nagkesar" referring to the buds of this plant is also applied to the buds of Mammea longifolia and Bastard cinnamon.
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