Botanical Name: Mesua ferrea L.
Family: Calophyllaceae
Common name: Ceylon
Ironwood
Vernacular name in Assamese: নাহৰ Nahor
General characters: The tree can grow over 30 meters
tall. Trunk is straight and erect. Bark is smooth and
ash reddish brown in color. Wood is red, hard and heavy. Leaves are 8.0-15.0 cm
long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, red when young, afterwards shining above and
glaucous, rounded at the base and with close inconspicuous veins.
Uses: Flowers are used in treating diseases
like rheumatism, asthma, inflammation, fever, dyspepsia, renal diseases,
dysentery, bleeding piles, a bacterial and fungal infection.
