Birth Star: AAYILYAM
English Name: Messua tree
Malayalam Name: നാഗകേസരം
Botanical Name: Mesua ferrea L.
Family: Calophyllaceae
Flowering & Fruiting: April-July
Description: Evergreen trees, between 20 and 30 m tall, cylindrical in shape with a trunk girth of up to 3 m, typically buttressed at the base of the trunk, outer sapwood light pale pinkish brown or creamy, inner heart wood reddish brown, very heavy, tough, and scented or somewhat sweet-smelling, smooth, brownish grey to dark brown, fissured bark, and slender, terete, glabrous branchlets.
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