MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE



Sorting Mesua names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 



Mesua ferrea L.

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 sworনাহৰ   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.

MALAYALAM :  ചുരുളി  Churuli, Curuli, എലിപൊങ്ക് Eliponku, മണിനാനങ്ക് Maninaa nanku, നാഗമ്പകം Nagacampakam, Nagachampakam, Nagachempakam, നാഗകേസരം Nagakeshara, നാഗപ്പുവ് Nāgappuvu, നാങ്ക് Nanku, Vainavu, Vayanavu, Veila, Veluttachempakam.

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 zheleznaiaМезуя 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.

SPANISH :  Árbol de hierro, Palo de hierro, Palo fierro.

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.

TELUGU :  Gajapuspam, Gajapushpamu, Geja-pushpam, Kesaramu, Nagakesara, నాగకేసరము  Nāgakēsaramu (Nagakesaramu), నాగకేసరి  Nāgakēsari, Naga kesarãlu, Nagashappu.

THAI :  ประ นาคอ Bhra na kaw,  บุนนาค Bunnak (Boon naak), Ka ko (Karen), ก๊า ก่อ  Gaa gaaw ก้ำก่อ Gam gaaw,  Kam ko (Shan),   สารภี ดอย Saan phee daawy, Saraphi doi (Chiang Mai).

URDU :  Nag Kesar, Narmishka, Narmushk.

VIETNAMESE :  Vắp, Vấp, Vếp.

UNIDENTIFIED : , Thiet lucmoc.

 


Mesua ferruginea (Pierre) Kosterm.

ENGLISH : Ironwood, Ironwood tree.

THAI :  บุนนาค น้ํา  Bunnak nam (Boon naak naam)


Mesua nervosa Planch. & Triana

ENGLISH : Chestnut ironwood.

THAI :  นาค บุตร Naak boot (Nak but).

  
 


HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

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).

 

REFERENCES

General Bibliography
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Specific & complementary
 

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.

 

 


NOTE
 

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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