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 :  Narae-kaisar.

ASSAMESE :  Nahor,  নোক্তে   Nokte.

BENGALI :  নাগকেশর   Nagkesar, পুন্নাগ Punnaga.

BURMESE :  Gungen, Kenga.

CHINESE : 铁力木  Tie li mu,   鐵力木  (Taiwan).

ENGLISH : Ceylon ironwood, Cobra's saffron, Indian rose-chestnut, Iron-wood tree, Sembawang tree (Singapore).

GERMAN : Nagassamen.

GUJARATI :  નાગચંપા   Nagachampa.

HINDI :  नागचम्पा   Nagchampa,  नागेसर   Nagesar, Naghesar,   नागकेसर   Nagkesar ,  Nahar,  नर्मिश्क   Narmishka (Urdu name in Devanagari script).

ITALIAN : Croco di cobra.

JAPANESE : Tagayasan.

KANNADA :  ನಾಗ ಕೇಸರಿ   Nagakesari,  ನಾಗ ಸಮ್ಪಿಗೆ   Nagasampige.

MALAY : Nagasari (Java), Penaga.

MALAYALAM :  ചുരുളി   Churuli, Vainavu.

MARATHI :   नागकेशर   Nagakeshara,   नागचंपा  Nagchampa,  थोरलाचांपा   Thorlachampa.

NEPALESE : Nagesvar campa, Nagesvari,  नागकेसर  Nagkesar, Narisal, Potal, Ruk keshar.

RUSSIAN :  Индийское железное дерево  Indiiskoe zheleznoe derevo, Мезуа железная  Mezua zheleznaiaМезуя железная  Mezuia zheleznaia, Нагакешара   Nagakeshara (from Hindi),  Железное дерево Zheleznoe derevo. 

SANSKRIT :  Champeryah, Nagakesara, Nagakeshara, Nagkesar *नागकेशर   Nagakesarah,   Nagkeshara, Nagkeshwar, Nagpushpa, नागपुष्प   Nagapuspah.

TAGALOG : Kaliuas.

TAMIL :   Charu-nagapuநாகப்பூ  Nagappu,   நாகேசுரம்   Nakecuram ,  Sirunagappoo, Tadinangu, Veillutta champakam.

TELUGU :  Kesaramu,  నాగకేసరము   Nagakesaramu, Nagashappu.

THAI :  ประนาคอ Bhra na kaw,  บุนนาค Bunnak (Boon naak), Ka ko (Karen), ก๊าก่อ  Gaa gaaw ก้ำก่อ Gam gaaw,  Kam ko (Shan),   สารภีดอย Saan phee daawy, Saraphi doi (Chiang Mai).

URDU :  Narmishka.

VIETNAMESE : Awaiting feedback.

UNIDENTIFIED : Nagachempakam, Nagakesara, Nangu. Penaga, Penaga lili, Thiet lucmoc.

 


Mesua ferruginea (Pierre) Kosterm.

ENGLISH : Ironwood, Ironwood tree.

THAI :  บุนนาคน้ํา  Bunnak nam (Boon naak naam)


Mesua nervosa Planch. & Triana

ENGLISH : Chestnut ironwood.

THAI :  นาคบุตร 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 > (2008).

 

REFERENCES

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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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