Aglaia elaeagnoidea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Genus: | Aglaia |
Species: | A. elaeagnoidea
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Binomial name | |
Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth.
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Synonyms | |
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Aglaia elaeagnoidea, the droopy leaf or priyangu, [3] is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is a 10m tall tree found in American Samoa, Australia ( Western Australia and Queensland), Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan ( Hengchun Peninsula [4] [5]), Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. [6]
Timber is bright red color is a hard wood. [7] Bark is greyish brown in color. White latex can be exudate. Leaves are compound, imparipinnate, alternate; lamina narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate; apex bluntly acute to subacuminate; base acute to cuneate. [8] Flowers show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a brown or red, indehiscent [9] globose berry. [10]
The wood is hard and is a good material for construction. The aborigines often used it to build houses in Taiwan. It can also be used to make various utensils. [12])
Aglaia elaeagnoidea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Genus: | Aglaia |
Species: | A. elaeagnoidea
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Binomial name | |
Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth.
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Synonyms | |
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Aglaia elaeagnoidea, the droopy leaf or priyangu, [3] is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is a 10m tall tree found in American Samoa, Australia ( Western Australia and Queensland), Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan ( Hengchun Peninsula [4] [5]), Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. [6]
Timber is bright red color is a hard wood. [7] Bark is greyish brown in color. White latex can be exudate. Leaves are compound, imparipinnate, alternate; lamina narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate; apex bluntly acute to subacuminate; base acute to cuneate. [8] Flowers show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a brown or red, indehiscent [9] globose berry. [10]
The wood is hard and is a good material for construction. The aborigines often used it to build houses in Taiwan. It can also be used to make various utensils. [12])