Aglaia elaeagnoidea

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Aglaia elaeagnoidea, the droopy leaf or priyangu,[1] 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[2][3]), Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.[4]

Description

Timber is bright red color is a hard wood.[5] 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.[6] Flowers show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a brown or red, indehiscent[7] globose berry.[8]

Common names

  • English — droopy leaf, priyangu, coastal boodyarra
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Uses

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.[10])

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