Question

Nagkesar is obtained from the flowers of
A) Mesua ferrea
B) Crocus sativus
C) Viola odorata
D) Centella asiatica

Answer 1

Hint:Nagkesar oil is obtained from seeds of the nagkesar tree and belongs to the Calophyllaceae family. It is an East Indian evergreen tree and is usually planted as an ornamental for its sweet-scented white flowers that yield a perfume. It is the supply of hardwood used for railroad ties..

Complete answer:
Morphological character of flowers is:
>Physical appearance of flower is axillary, bisexual, solitary or nine-flowered open panicle, pedicel with little paired bracts.
>It has four decussate sepals sub-orbicular, persistent and multifariously enlarged and thickened in fruit.
>Stamens are varied, free or connate only at the bottom, ovary superior every cell with one to two axillary ovules.
>They are slender with a peltate to four-lobed stigma. The flowers with four white petals.
>The flowers are cast off to make an incense and to stuff pillows.
>The major elements of the nagkesar are beta-caryophyllene, delta-cadinene, alpha-copaene, linalool, humulene and murrolene.
>Nagkesar is obtained from flowers of Mesua ferrea family Calophyllaceae.

Hence the, correct answer is Mesua ferrea.

Note:Nagkesar may be a terribly renowned ayurvedic herb utilized in treating fever, vomiting, urinary tract disorders, headache etc. It is used in powder with other spices and placed into several seasoning jams as well as 'chyawanprash'. It is the national tree of Sri Lanka. It produces one in every of the toughest industrial deep red timber within the world.