Calophyllaceae

Ceylon ironwood

Mesua ferrea L.

Family: Calophyllaceae
Genus: Mesua

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Ceylon ironwood (Mesua ferrea) — FlowerPhoto: rajesh rocky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (26)

ace: Rancông bulôh
Arabic: نار مشك, رمان بري, مسك الرمان, نار هندي
Assamese: নাহৰ
Bangla: নাগেশ্বর
Burmese: ကံ့ကော်ပင်
Cantonese: 鐵力木
Chinese: 鐵力木, 铁力木, 喃木波朗, 埋波朗, 莫拉, 铁力木花, 铁栗木, 铁棱
English: Ceylon ironwood, Cobra's saffron
Finnish: Rautaviiriö
Hindi: नाग केसर
Indonesian: Nagasari
Japanese: セイロンテツボク
Kannada: ನಾಗಸಂಪಿಗೆ
Konkani: सुरंगा
Malay: Penaga lilin, Lenggapus, Matopus, Penaga
Malayalam: നാഗകേസരം, നാഗപ്പൂവ്
Marathi: नागचाफा
mrj: Мезуя
Punjabi: ਨਾਗ ਕੇਸਰ
Russian: Мезуя железная, Меза железная, Цейлонское железное дерево
Sanskrit: नागकेसरः
shn: တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၵမ်ႉၵေႃႇ, ၵမ်ႉၵေႃႇ
Sinhala: නා
Tamil: நாகமரம், நாகம்
Telugu: ఉప్ప చెట్టు, మెసువా ఫెర్రియా, నాగకేసరి
Thai: บุนนาค, บุนนาค,ต้น

Flowers

In flower: March, May (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: rajesh rocky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Anand Osuri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alialb, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alialb, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jyotsna Nag, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.