Biology:Aglaia elaeagnoidea

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Aglaia elaeagnoidea
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Aglaia
Species:
A. elaeagnoidea
Binomial name
Aglaia elaeagnoidea
(A.Juss.) Benth.
Synonyms
  • Aglaia abbreviata C.Y.Wu
  • Aglaia canariifolia Koord.
  • Aglaia cupreolepidota Merr.
  • Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. beddomei (Gamble) N.C.Nair
  • Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. bourdillonii (Gamble) N.C.Nair
  • Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. courtallensis (Gamble) N.C.Nair
  • Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. formosana Hayata
  • Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. pallens Merr.
  • Aglaia formosana (Hayata) Hayata
  • Aglaia grata Wall. ex Voigt
  • Aglaia hoanensis Pierre
  • Aglaia lepidota Miq.
  • Aglaia littoralis Talbot [Illegitimate] )
  • Aglaia midnaporensis Carey ex Voigt
  • Aglaia odoratissima Benth. [Illegitimate]
  • Aglaia pallens (Merr.) Merr.
  • Aglaia parvifolia Merr.
  • Aglaia poilanei Pellegr.
  • Aglaia poulocondorensis Pellegr.
  • Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq.
  • Aglaia roxburghiana var. beddomei Gamble
  • Aglaia roxburghiana var. courtallensis Gamble
  • Aglaia spanoghei Blume ex Miq.
  • Aglaia talbotii Sundararagh.
  • Aglaia wallichii Hiern
  • Amoora poulocondorensis (Pellegr.) Harms
  • Milnea roxburghiana Wight & Arn.
  • Nemedra elaeagnoidea A. Juss. Sy
  • Sapindus lepidotus Wall.
  • Walsura lanceolata Wall. [2]

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 (zh)[4][5]), Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.[6]

Description

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]

Common names

  • English — droopy leaf, priyangu, coastal boodyarra
  • Hindi — priyangu (प्रियंगू)
  • Tamil — chokkala, chokla
  • Malayalam — nyalei, punniyava, cheeralam
  • Telugu — yerra adugu, erranduga, kondanduga
  • Kannada — gadagayya, kempu nola, thottilu, priyangu
  • Mandarin — shanluo, hong chai (red wood)
  • Sinhala — puwanga[11]

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.[12])

References

  1. ↑ Pannell, C.M. (1998). "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33711A9804005. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33711A9804005.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/33711/9804005. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth. — the Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2626281. 
  3. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea - Priyangu". http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Priyangu.html. 
  4. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Jussieu) Bentham, Fl. Austral. 1: 383. 1863." (in en). www.efloras.org. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242301566. Retrieved 2022-12-15. 
  5. ↑ "Aglaia formosana 紅柴 Aglaia formosana Hayata" (in en). 國立台灣大學生態學與演化生物學研究所. https://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/species/420%20001%2003%200. Retrieved 2022-12-15. 
  6. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Juss.) Benth". http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/7168. 
  7. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". http://www.somemagneticislandplants.com.au/index.php/plants/591-aglaia-elaeagnoidea. 
  8. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm. 
  9. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". http://www.asianplant.net/Meliaceae/Aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm. 
  10. ↑ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea - MELIACEAE". http://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/aglaelae/aglaelae_en.html. 
  11. ↑ http://www.greenlankavacations.com/en/index.php/day-tours/itemlist/tag/Bird%20Sanctuaries
  12. ↑ "紅材" (in zh). Hengchun Tropical Botanic Garden. https://hctbg.tfri.gov.tw/plants.php?func=detail&id=0000494. Retrieved 2022-12-15. 

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