Mesua

The forest communities are characterized by Cullenia exarillata, Mesua ferrea, Palaquium ellipticum, Gluta travancorica, and Podocarpus wallichiana.

South Western Ghats montane rain forests 2008

The second story is characterized by Aphanamixis polystachya, Mesua ferrea, Phoebe lanceolata, Polyalthia spp.,

Orissa semi-evergreen forests 2008

Examples include Diospyros oppositifolia, which is confined to the top of a small but species-rich peak known as Hinidumkanda, Stemonoporus moonii, and Mesua stylosa, which are known only from an inland marsh forest in Bulathsinhala, and an aquatic Cyperaceae, Mappania immersa, which is limited to some streams at Sinharaja.

Sri Lanka lowland rain forests 2008

Garcinia hermonii followed by Xylopia championii invariably dominate the understory tree stratum, a range of species dominate the subcanopy and na Mesua nagassarium usually predominates in the canopy layer.

Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka 2008

The presence of fossils of species such as Anisopteris, Cynometra, Dipterocarpus, Dryobalanops, Gluta, Hopea, and Mesua suggests that evergreen moist forests covered this area during the Miocene.

Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests 2008

A Miocene-era fossil flora of evergreen rain forest genera including Anisopteris, Cynometra, Dipterocarpus, Dryobalanops, Gluta, Hopea, and Mesua reveals the past moist climatic history.

Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests 2008

I find with a little googling that it also refers to a kind of tamarisk tree in the American southwest, Olneya tesota, and to the Indian rose chestnut, Mesua sp.

languagehat.com: HACKMATACK. 2005

Other names of _bargas_ are derived from the caste's traditional occupation of grazing cattle, as Mesua or Mendli (shepherd), Gaigariya (milkman), Chhand (one who ties a rope to the legs of a cow when milking her).

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Mesua ferrea occurred during the first part of the march.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Mesua ferrea, Garcinia Cowa, Leea arbuscula, Dalhousia, Roxburghia, are found on the ascent which is moderate and pretty.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith