| Scientific Name | Mesua ferrea L. |
| Trade Name | Mesua |
| Local Name | Nanku,Churuli,Vayanavu |
| Family | Clusiaceae |
| Tree Size | Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 18 - 30 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 80 |
| Tree Distribution | West coast tropical evergreen forest,Southern hill-top tropical evergreen forest and West coast semi-evergreen forest |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Indistinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Greyish white or pinkishwhite |
| Heartwood Colour | Brick red with darker streaks |
| Hardness | Very hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.8 |
| Weight | Very heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 1090 |
| Texture | Fine textured |
| Grain | Straight to interlocked grain |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Small to moderately large |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary,arranged obliquely or in radial groups |
| Vessel Diameter | 120 - 320 290 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 560 - 1240 1240 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | |
| Pit Size | |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Much reduced border |
| Ray Nature | Fine,numerous and closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to two seriate.Heterogeneous type-I. Body of ray made up of procumbent cells with one or two rows of square cells on the margin. |
| Ray Number | 8 - 10 |
| Ray Height | 360 - 600 465 |
| Fibre Walls | Thick walled,non-septate with minute simple pits on radial walls. |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 1214 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 172900 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 1735 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 207900 |
| Uses | Railway sleepers, boat and ship building , tool handles, rehabilitation aids, carts and carriages, furniture and cabinets, agricultural implements, bridge and building construction, fuel wood, beams & rafters, boats & ship building, wells & wheels and mine props |
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