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Mesua
Sign in to saveMesua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae, native to tropical southern Asia. Common names include ironwood (shared with many other plants) and rose chestnut.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyCalophyllaceae
Observations recorded3,159
Common Name: kamsia
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 478
- With media
- 396
- Family
- Calophyllaceae
- Collections
- A, RSA
- Recorded in
- Malaysia/Sabah, Indonesia, Malaysia/Sarawak, India, Thailand, Malaysia/Malaya, Malaysia
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Mesua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mesua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.