Aglaia elaeagnoidea

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]

Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth. — the Plant List".
  3. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea - Priyangu".
  4. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Jussieu) Bentham, Fl. Austral. 1: 383. 1863". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. "Aglaia formosana 紅柴 Aglaia formosana Hayata". 國立台灣大學生態學與演化生物學研究所. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Juss.) Benth".
  7. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  9. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea".
  10. "Aglaia elaeagnoidea - MELIACEAE".
  11. http://www.greenlankavacations.com/en/index.php/day-tours/itemlist/tag/Bird%20Sanctuaries%5B%5D
  12. "紅材" (in Chinese). Hengchun Tropical Botanic Garden. Retrieved 15 December 2022.


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