Aglaia elaeagnoidea

Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific 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. ;

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]

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

^ 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.
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth. — the Plant List".
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea - Priyangu".
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Jussieu) Bentham, Fl. Austral. 1: 383. 1863". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Juss.) Benth".
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea".
^ "Aglaia elaeagnoidea - MELIACEAE".
^ http://www.greenlankavacations.com/en/index.php/day-tours/itemlist/tag/Bird%20Sanctuaries^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "紅材" (in Chinese). Hengchun Tropical Botanic Garden. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

"Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth". Atlas of Living Australia.

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] 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.

[RFK8-8] "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] ttp://www.greenlankavacations.com/en/index.php/day-tours/itemlist/tag/Bird%20Sanctuaries^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] "紅材" (in Chinese). Hengchun Tropical Botanic Garden. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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