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.
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 zheleznaia, Мезуя 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-nagapu, நாகப்பூ
Nagappu, நாகேசுரம்
Nakecuram , Sirunagappoo, Tadinangu,
Veillutta champakam.
URDU : Narmishka.
VIETNAMESE : Awaiting feedback.
UNIDENTIFIED : Nagachempakam, Nagakesara, Nangu. Penaga, Penaga lili, Thiet lucmoc.
ENGLISH : Ironwood, Ironwood tree.
THAI : บุนนาคน้ํา Bunnak nam (Boon naak naam).
ENGLISH : Chestnut ironwood.
THAI : นาคบุตร 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 > (2008).
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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