Mesua#Species
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Mesua ferrea.jpg
|image_caption = Mesua ferrea foliage
|taxon = Mesua
|authority = L.
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms = * Nagassari Adans.
- Nagatampo Adans.
- Naghas Mirb. ex Steud.
- Plagiorrhiza Hallier f.
- Plinia Blanco
- Vidalia Fern.-Vill.
- Rhynea Scop.
}}
Mesua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae,Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ native to tropical southern Asia. Common names include ironwood (shared with many other plants) and rose chestnut.
They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 13 m tall, with leaves arranged in opposite pairs.
Species
According to Plants of the World Online, ten species are currently accepted:[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19370-1 Mesua L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- Mesua clemensiorum Kosterm. – Vietnam
- Mesua ferrea L. – India and Sri Lanka to Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, and the Philippines
- Mesua kochummeniana Whitmore – Peninsular Malaysia
- Mesua nivenii Whitmore – Peninsular Malaysia
- Mesua nuda Kosterm. ex Whitmore – Peninsular Malaysia
- Mesua planigemma Kosterm. – Borneo
- Mesua pulchella Planch. & Triana – southwestern Sri Lanka
- Mesua purseglovei Whitmore – Peninsular Malaysia
- Mesua pustulata (Ridl.) P.S.Ashton – Borneo
- Mesua thwaitesii Planch. & Triana – Sri Lanka and southwestern India
=Formerly placed here=
- Mesua daphnifolia (Ridl.) Kosterm., synonym of Kayea daphnifolia
- Mesua manii (King) Kosterm., synonym of Kayea manii
- Mesua rosea (Ridl.) Kosterm., synonym of Kayea rosea
- Mesua stylosa (Thwaites) Kosterm., synonym of Kayea stylosa
- Mesua wrayi (King) Kosterm., synonym of Kayea wrayi
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124024/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7499 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Mesua]
- [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Mesua.html University of Melbourne: Sorting Mesua names]
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