Mesua ferrea - Revision history

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-|introdescription=This species is the national tree of Sri Lanka. The geography of Sri Lanka is quite similar to the South western regions of India. In fact, part of the Western Ghat seems to extend to Sri Lanka. ''Mesua ferrea'' is used in Indian cooking, as a medicine, for its fragrance and in the industry for its wood. Some people have noted the psychedelic effects of the fragrance of Nag Champa.
+|introdescription=This species is the national tree of Sri Lanka. The geography of Sri Lanka is quite similar to the South western regions of India. In fact, part of the Western Ghat seems to extend to Sri Lanka. ''Mesua ferrea'' is used in Indian cooking, as a medicine, for its fragrance and in the industry for its wood. Some people have noted the psychedelic effects of the fragrance of Nag Champa. The incense sticks made from the flowers of this plant are popular worldwide for their intense fragrance.
 |Headerimage=MesuaFerrea IronWood.jpg
-|Headerspeciesname=Mesua ferrea
+|Headercaption=Ceylon ironwood in Thelwatta, South-East Sri Lanka.
 |username=Gauravm
 |page creation date=2010/10/19
 |species name=Mesua ferrea
 |speciesname2=Mesua_ferrea
-|synonym name=Mesua ferrea Linnaeus
+|eolid=11606170
-|ref synonym name=EoL
 |common name=Cobra saffron, Ceylon ironwood, Indian rose chestnut
 |common hindi names=नाग चम्पा Nag champa, नागकेसर Nagkesar
-|common indian names=नाग चम्पा Nag champa, नागकेसर Nagkesar (Hindi);नर्मिश्क Narmishka (Urdu);Tadinangu (Tamil);Thorlachampa (Marathi);Vainavu (Malayalam);নোক্তে Nokte (Assamese);নাগেসৰ Nageshor (Manipuri)
+|common indian names=नाग चम्पा Nag champa, नागकेसर Nagkesar (Hindi); नर्मिश्क Narmishka (Urdu);Tadinangu (Tamil);Thorlachampa (Marathi);Vainavu (Malayalam);নোক্তে Nokte (Assamese);নাগেসৰ Nageshor (Manipuri)
 |ref common indian names=Flowers of India
 |Regnum=Plantae
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 |Genus=Mesua
 |ref source=Encyclopedia of Life
 |plant general morphology=Trees evergreen, 20-30 m tall. Trunk upright, buttressed at base; crown conic. Bark dark gray-brown, thin, fissured, lamellate, exuding aromatic white resin when wounded. Leaves always pendulous; petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade reddish yellow when young, becoming dark green, abaxially usually glaucous, adaxially dark green and somewhat lucid, lanceolate or narrowly ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, (4-)6-10(-12) × (1-)2-4 cm, leathery; secondary veins numerous, obliquely parallel, slender and indistinct; tertiary veins and veinlets reticulate, ± visible under hand lens, base cuneate, apex acuminate or long acuminate to caudate. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Flowers bisexual, solitary, axillary, 5-8.5 cm in diam. Sepals (outer 2 slightly larger than inner 2) orbicular, convex, margin membranous and sometimes white ciliate. Petals white, obovate-cuneate, 3-3.5 cm. Stamens with filaments filiform, 1.5-2 cm; anthers golden-yellow, oblong. Ovary conic, ca. 1.5 cm; style 1-1.5 cm; stigma oblique. Fruit broadly ovoid or laterally depressed globose, ca. 3 × 2.5 cm, dry, longitudinally rugose, with stoutly pointed style at apex, usually dehiscent by 2 valves, with accrescent woody sepals and many persistent filaments at base; stalk robust, 0.8-1.2 cm. Seeds 1-4, ± irregular in shape; coat brown, fragile. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 32.
 |ref plant general morph=EoL through eFloras
 |plant type=Woody (Tree/Shrub)
 |plant height=More than 10 feet
-|plant cotyledon=Dicot
+|flower symmetry=Radial
 |native=Yes
 |westernghats=Yes
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 |ref plant medicinal parts=Flowers of India
 |food use=Yes
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 |refkeyword=EoL
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 |date=19
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		+	{{Combined plant species form
		+	\|introdescription=This species is the national tree of Sri Lanka. The geography of Sri Lanka is quite similar to the South western regions of India. In fact, part of the Western Ghat seems to extend to Sri Lanka. ''Mesua ferrea'' is used in Indian cooking, as a medicine, for its fragrance and in the industry for its wood. Some people have noted the psychedelic effects of the fragrance of Nag Champa.
		+	\|Headerimage=MesuaFerrea IronWood.jpg
		+	\|Headerspeciesname=Mesua ferrea
		+	\|username=Gauravm
		+	\|page creation date=2010/10/19
		+	\|species name=Mesua ferrea
		+	\|speciesname2=Mesua_ferrea
		+	\|synonym name=Mesua ferrea Linnaeus
		+	\|ref synonym name=EoL
		+	\|common name=Cobra saffron, Ceylon ironwood, Indian rose chestnut
		+	\|common hindi names=नाग चम्पा Nag champa, नागकेसर Nagkesar
		+	\|common indian names=नाग चम्पा Nag champa, नागकेसर Nagkesar (Hindi);नर्मिश्क Narmishka (Urdu);Tadinangu (Tamil);Thorlachampa (Marathi);Vainavu (Malayalam);নোক্তে Nokte (Assamese);নাগেসৰ Nageshor (Manipuri)
		+	\|ref common indian names=Flowers of India
		+	\|Regnum=Plantae
		+	\|Division=Magnoliophyta
		+	\|Class=Magnoliopsida
		+	\|Order=Theales
		+	\|Family=Clusiaceae
		+	\|Genus=Mesua
		+	\|ref source=Encyclopedia of Life
		+	\|plant general morphology=Trees evergreen, 20-30 m tall. Trunk upright, buttressed at base; crown conic. Bark dark gray-brown, thin, fissured, lamellate, exuding aromatic white resin when wounded. Leaves always pendulous; petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade reddish yellow when young, becoming dark green, abaxially usually glaucous, adaxially dark green and somewhat lucid, lanceolate or narrowly ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, (4-)6-10(-12) × (1-)2-4 cm, leathery; secondary veins numerous, obliquely parallel, slender and indistinct; tertiary veins and veinlets reticulate, ± visible under hand lens, base cuneate, apex acuminate or long acuminate to caudate. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Flowers bisexual, solitary, axillary, 5-8.5 cm in diam. Sepals (outer 2 slightly larger than inner 2) orbicular, convex, margin membranous and sometimes white ciliate. Petals white, obovate-cuneate, 3-3.5 cm. Stamens with filaments filiform, 1.5-2 cm; anthers golden-yellow, oblong. Ovary conic, ca. 1.5 cm; style 1-1.5 cm; stigma oblique. Fruit broadly ovoid or laterally depressed globose, ca. 3 × 2.5 cm, dry, longitudinally rugose, with stoutly pointed style at apex, usually dehiscent by 2 valves, with accrescent woody sepals and many persistent filaments at base; stalk robust, 0.8-1.2 cm. Seeds 1-4, ± irregular in shape; coat brown, fragile. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 32.
		+	\|ref plant general morph=EoL through eFloras
		+	\|plant type=Woody (Tree/Shrub)
		+	\|plant height=More than 10 feet
		+	\|plant cotyledon=Dicot
		+	\|native=Yes
		+	\|westernghats=Yes
		+	\|medicinal significance=Yes
		+	\|medicinal system=Ayurveda, Folk Medicine
		+	\|plant medicinal parts=Root, Leaves, Flower, Seeds
		+	\|ref plant medicinal parts=Flowers of India
		+	\|food use=Yes
		+	}}
		+	{{Commons gallery}}
		+	{{Reference web
		+	\|refkeyword=EoL
		+	\|title1=Encyclopedia of Life entry
		+	\|url=http://www.eol.org/pages/2889806
		+	\|year=2010
		+	\|month=10
		+	\|date=19
		+	}}
		+	{{Reference web
		+	\|refkeyword=eFloras
		+	\|title1=eFloras of China
		+	\|url=http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2
		+	\|year=2010
		+	\|month=10
		+	\|date=19
		+	}}
		+	{{Reference web
		+	\|refkeyword=Flowers of India
		+	\|title1=Flowers of India entry on Nag Kesar
		+	\|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Nag%20Kesar.html
		+	\|year=2010
		+	\|month=10
		+	\|date=19
		+	}}
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