Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Mesua ferrea
Scientific Name and Description
Mesua ferrea L
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Mesua nagassarium (BURM.F.) KOSTERM.
Mesua ferrae.linn
Mesua coromandelina Wight
Mesua nagassarium (Burm.f.) Kosterm.
Mesua pedunculata Wight
Mesua roxburghii Wight
Mesua sclerophylla Thw.
Mesua speciosa Choisy
Mesua stylosa
Mesua ferrae.linn
Mesua coromandelina Wight
Mesua nagassarium (Burm.f.) Kosterm.
Mesua pedunculata Wight
Mesua roxburghii Wight
Mesua sclerophylla Thw.
Mesua speciosa Choisy
Mesua stylosa
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | Ceylon ironwood, cobra saffron, ironwood |
| Hindi | gajapushpam, nag-kesar, nag-kesar-ka-aitr, nagakesar (नागकेसर), nagakesara, nagesar, nagesar-ka-aitr, naghas, nagkesar |
| Kannada | atha, atta, irupu mara, kaanchana, kancana, kanchana, kasara, kesara, naaga keasari, naaga sampige, naagaakeshara, naagachampa, naagkeshar, naagakesara, naagasampige, naga, naga sampege, nagachampa, nagakesara, nagakesari, nagasampai, nagasampige, nagha |
| Malayalam | behettachampagam, bellutta-tsjampakam, beluttachampagam, churuli, curuli, eliponku, nagacampakam, nagacempakam, nagachampakam, nagachempakam, nagappuvu, nanga, nangu, nanku, pera, peri, surli, vainavu, vayanavu, veila, vellatthapala, velutta-chenpakam, veluttacampakam, veluttacempakam, veluttachempakam, veluttapala, vyla, wayanavu |
| Marathi | naagachampa, naagchampa, naagchampha, naagchapha, nag-chamfo, nag-champa, nagachampa, nagakaeshar, nagchampa, nagchampe, nagchapha, nagehampha, vhadlo-chamfo |
| Sanskrit | ahikesara, ahipuspa, bhujangakhya, bhujangapuspa, campeya, champeryah, champeya, ebha, gaja, gajakesara, gajakesaraka, hema, ibhakesara, ibhakhya, ka, kanaka, kanakavhaya, kanchana, kanchanavhaya, kesara, kesaramu, keshara, kinjalka, kinjalkamu, magalesara, maushadha, naga, naga-kesaram, nagahva, nagahvam, nagahvayam, nagakesara, nagakesarah, nagakesaram, nagakeshara, nagakhya, nagakinjalka, nagakusuma, nagapushpa, nagapushpanaga, nagapuspa, nagapuspah, nagaya, nagkesara, nagpushpa, phalaka, phanikeshara, pinjara, punnagakeshara, pushparachana, rajapushpa, rukma, shatapadapriya, suvarna, suvarnakhya, svaraghatana, varanakesara |
| Tamil | aicilam, aicilanakappu, akiputam, alincepamaram, amantacikam1, aruli, atakam, atakam, campeyakam, campeyapem, camuttirarttam, camuttirarttappu, canku, catai.catainankil, cattiyutakuru, cheru-nagapu, chiru-nagappu, cintakam,cintakappu, ciru nakappu, cirunakam, cirunakappu, cirunankil, cirunaval, citanakamam, citanakamappu, cittiraka, cittirakamaram, ciurkecaram, cukkilakentam, curuli1, cuttiracanpakam, emam, ilankacikai, ilankocikai, ipakecaram, ipakkiyam, iracayukam,irul, irulmaram, irumpakam, irumpakamaram, kanakam, kanakam,kancanam1, karunangu, karunanku, kecaram, kecaram1, malainanku, malainanu, malaittuvikam, malaittuvikamaram, mampalirul, mannainangu, mannainanku, mattikappu, matuttam, naganchambagam, nagapppu, nagappu, nagashap-pu, nagesuram, nageswaram, nakacampanki, nakacappu, nakacenpakam, nakacuram, nakacurappu, nakakecam, nakakecappu, nakakecaram, nakakuyam, nakam1, nakancanpakam, nakappu, nakaputpam, nakecar, nakecaram, nakecarappu, nakecuram, nakecurappu, nangil, nangu, nangul, nankal, nankilmaram, nanku, nirnangu, nirnankal, omakancanam, palai1, patai, peri, perunankil, perunankilmaram, perunankulikam, perunankulikamaram, pitakecaram, putpi, siru-nagapoo, sirunagapoo, sirunagappoo, sirunagappu, sjiru-nagap-pu, suruli, tatinanku, veillutta-champakam, yokacankappu, yuvappu |
| Telugu | chikatimanu, cikatimanu, gajapushpamu, gajapuspam, geja-pushpam, kaesaramu, kesaramu, kinjalkamu, naagachampakamu, naga kesara, naga-kesaram, nagacampakamu, nagachampakamu, nagakaesaramu, nagakesara, nagakesaramu, nagakesari, nagakesawaramu, nagashap-pu, sikatimanu, suvarnam, suvarnamu |
| Tibetan | na ga ge sar, na-ga-ge-sar |
| Urdu | nag kesar, nagesar, nagkesar, narmishka, narmushk (nagkesar) |
| Common names | Ceylon ironwood, cobra saffron |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Phytoconstituents
Nagakesar (M. ferrea) The biologically active chemical compounds are Coumarin – Mesuferron, Mammeisin, Mesuanic acid; Triterpenoids – Guttiferol; Steroid – B –Sitosterol; and the antibiotic – Mesugin. There some essential oils and fatty acids like Palmitic, Stearic, Linoleic & Oleic acids.
Source: Ancient Science of Life, Vol No. XI No.3 & 4, January – April 1992, Pages 187 - 192
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Flowers
Stamen
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Mesua ferrea L.
Habit - Large tree
Parts used - Flower, leaves, stamen
Application - Postpartum health; snakebite
Treatment - General
References -Dey and De 2012
References
Literature
Literature
Dey and De 2012
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Mesua ferrea. (2024, January 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesua_ferrea
WFO (2024): Mesua ferrea L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001296121. Accessed on: 20 Jun 2024
Wikipedia. 2024. "Nagkesar Seed Oil." Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified May 23, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagkesar_seed_oil.