Mesua ferrea L.

• Family: Clusiaceae
• Vernacular names: Churuli, Nagakesaram, Nangu, ചുരുളി, നാഗകേസരം, നാങ്ക് (Malayalam), Ironwood (English), Kesara (Sanskrit), Irumpakam (Tamil)
• Distribution: Indo-Malesia
• Description: Large trees. Leaves red and pendulous, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, base broadly attenuate or rounded, apex acuminate. Flowers white, sweet scented, solitary or in pairs at axils, bisexual. Fruits ovoid; seeds 1-4, pyriform, dark brown.
• Habit: Tree
• Habitat: Evergreen forests
• Flowering & Fruiting: April-July

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• Parts used: Flowers
• Properties & Uses: The leaves and flowers are useful in the treatment of snakebite and scorpion sting. Flowers are used in cough, fever, headache, dysentery, bleeding piles and burning of the feet. Seed oil is used as an embrocation in rheumatism and found useful in the treatment of itch.
• Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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