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Mesua ferrea L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 515.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Malpighiales
family
Calophyllaceae
genus
Mesua
species
Mesua ferrea

Name

Synonyms
Calophyllum nagassarium Burm.fil.
Mesua coromandelina Wight
Mesua ferrea subsp. salicina (Planch. & Triana) Vesque
Mesua ferrea var. salicina (Triana & Planch.) Vesque
Mesua nagana Gardner
Mesua nagassarium (Burm.fil.) Kosterm.
Mesua nagassarium subsp. sclerophylla (Planch. & Triana) Trimen
Mesua nagassarium var. coramandeliana (Wt.) K.K.N.Nair
Mesua nagassarium var. salicina (Planch. & Triana) Vesque
Mesua nagassarium var. sclerophylla (Thwaites) Trimen
Mesua pedunculata Wight
Mesua roxburghii Wight
Mesua salicina Planch. & Triana
Mesua sclerophylla Thwaites
Mesua speciosa Choisy
Mesua walkeriana Planch. & Triana
Homonyms
Mesua ferrea L.
Common names
Ceylon ironwood in English
Churuli in language.
Dewadaru in Indonesian
Eisenbaum in German
Indian Rose Chestnut in English
Ironwood in language.
Ironwood in language.
Nagacuram in Tamil
Nagapoovu in language.
Nagasari in Indonesian
Negeswar (Trinidad & Tobago) in language.
Negeswar (Trinidad & Tobago) in language.
Vấp in Vietnamese
gau-gau in language.
mesua in English
mesua in English
mezua železná in Slovak
nagasträd in Swedish
nagasträd in Swedish
rautaviiriö in Finnish
rozbiał cejloński in Polish
নাগেশ্বর in Bengali
নাহৰ in Assamese
నాగకేశరము in Telugu
නා in Sinhalese
บุนนาค in Thai
បុសនាគ in Central Khmer
セイロンテリハボク in Japanese
鐵力木 in Chinese
Churuli in Malayalam
Indian Rose Chestnut in English
Nagacuram in Tamil
Nagapoovu in Malayalam
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