Botanical Name - Mesua Ferrea

Common Name - Cobra Saffron, Indian Rose Chestnut

Family: Calophyllaceae

Species: M. ferrea
 
Mesua Ferrea commonly known as Cobra saffron, nag kesar, Indian rose chestnut is a plant native to Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, India, Thailand, Phillippines, Malaysia, Sumatra.
 
Mesua Ferrea is a very beautiful ornamental tree with its graceful shape and green grayish foliage coupled with red flush of drooping young leaves pink in color.