Mesua nuda | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Calophyllaceae |
Genus: | Mesua |
Species: | M. nuda |
Binomial name | |
Mesua nuda Kosterm. ex Whitm. | |
Mesua nuda is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. [1]
Mesua ferrea, the Ceylon ironwood, or cobra saffron, is a species in the family Calophyllaceae. This slow-growing tree is named after the heaviness and hardness of its timber. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental due to its graceful shape, grayish-green foliage with a beautiful pink to red flush of drooping young leaves, and large, fragrant white flowers. It is native to wet, tropical parts of Sri Lanka, India, southern Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, the Philippines, Malaysia and Sumatra, where it grows in evergreen forests, especially in river valleys. In the eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats in India it grows up to altitudes of 1,500 m (4,900 ft), while in Sri Lanka up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). It is national tree of Sri Lanka, state tree of Mizoram and state flower of Tripura.
Mesua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae, native to tropical southern Asia. Common names include ironwood and rose chestnut.
The Namdapha flying squirrel is an arboreal, nocturnal flying squirrel endemic to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India, where it is known from a single specimen collected in Namdapha National Park in 1981. No population estimate is available for B. biswasi, but the known habitat is tall Mesua ferrea jungles, often on hill slopes in the catchment area of Dihing River in northeastern India.
Swartzia nuda is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Kayea macrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is found in West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea.
Mesua daphnifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Mesua elegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
Mesua kochummenia is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mesua kunstleri is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Mesua manii is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only on South Andaman Island in India. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mesua nivenii is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Mesua purseglovei is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mesua rosea is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mesua stylosa is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only in Sri Lanka.
Mesua wrayi is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Hopea mesuoides is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet mesuoides refers to the species' resemblance to the genus Mesua.
Nothofagus nuda is a species of plant in the family Nothofagaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss. N. nuda proposed to be renamed Trisyngyne nuda in 2013.
Prunus arborea is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
Oxera baladica is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It comprises two subspecies, both of which are included as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List:
Bhanotia nuda is a marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the western central Pacific, near Palau and southeastern Papua New Guinea. It inhabits shallow reef habitats, mangrove forests, coral reefs, and silty waters, where it can grow to lengths of 7 centimetres (2.8 in). This species is ovoviviparous, with the males carrying eggs in brood pouches until they are ready to hatch.