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]

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

  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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