Mesua


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Mesua assamica (King & Prain) Kosterm. (India: Common and gregarious in sub montane forests of Assam (North Lakhimpur and Dibrugarh))
Mesua ferrea L. (India: Widespread up to 1500 m in North Eastern and Peninsular India. West Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; planted in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim and Orissa; Nepal Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambo- dia, Thailand and Malacca)
Mesua floribunda (Wallich) Kosterm. (syn. Kayea flori-bunda Wallich)(India: In tropical dense hill forests between 100 and 1000 m. Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi & Garo hills); Bhutan and Bangladesh) [This name is unresolved, but some data suggest that it is synonymous with Kayea floribunda Wall.]
Mesua manii (King) Kosterm. (syn. Kayea manii King) (India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andaman Islands). Rare and threatened; Singapore) [This name is unresolved, but some data suggest that it is synonymous with Kayea manii King]
Mesua pulchella Planch. & Triana (India: In moist evergreen forests of Western Ghats. Tamil Nadu (Tirunelveli) and Kerala (Travancore); Sri Lanka)
Mesua thwaitesii Planch. & Triana (India: In semi evergreen and evergreen forests of Southern Western Ghats. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Sri Lanka)

 
BinomialHabitNotesReferencesDistribution
Mesua ferrea L. subsp. ferreaMiddle sized TreeWestern Ghats, Cultivated in PlainsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
Mesua ferrea L. subsp. pulchella (Planch. & Triana) Vesque var. coromandeliana (Wight) Mahesh. TreeWestern Ghats, Mosit Deciduous ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983Tirunelveli
Mesua ferrea L. subsp. pulchella (Planch. & Triana) Vesque var. pulchella (syn. of Mesua pulchella Planch. & Triana)TreeWestern Ghats, Evergreen Forests Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983Tirunelveli
 
 
Botanical nameFamilyCommon name
Mesua ferrea Clusiaceae Nag Kesar
 
 
Mesua ferrea L. (Nepal, India to Vietnam and Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, Andaman Isl.)
 
Species with description & keys in Flora of China (Distribution other than China):
Mesua ferrea Linnaeus [Bangladesh, India, ?Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand].
 
 
Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)- Details-
 
Biodiversity in India, Volume 4 edited by T. Pullaiah (2006)- Details-
 
Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)- Details-
 
Gardening in India By George Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall (1999)- Details-
 
 
Mesua (‎Calophyllaceae) : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Mesua (Pl. click).

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.




Subpages (2): Mesua ferrea Mesua species
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