Iron wood tree!! Nice catch Satish Ji
It produced one of the strongest and heaviest woods in the world
National tree of Sri Lanka
tanay

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing. I never saw the flowers.
> Mesua ferrea L. now belongs to a new family Calophyllaceae which was
> earlier considered as a tribe of family Clusiaceae.
> Regards
> Pankaj
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Just to share.......
> > Mesua ferrea  Nag Kesar  नाग केशर
> > Family : Clusiaceae
> > Observed flowering in Rani Bag Mumbai on 27th Feb 2011.
> > Dr Phadke
> >
>
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