Aglaia elaeagnoidea

Priyangu / Droopy Leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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. [1]

The Droopy Leaf, Aglaia elaeagnoidea, commonly known as Priyangu,[2] is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is a 10m tall tree found in American Samoa, Australia (Western Australia and Queensland), Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.[3]

Description

Timber is bright red color is a hard wood.[4] 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.[5] Flowers show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a brown or red, indehiscent[6] globose berry.[7]

Common Names

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2626281
  2. ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Priyangu.html
  3. ↑ http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/7168
  4. ↑ http://www.somemagneticislandplants.com.au/index.php/plants/591-aglaia-elaeagnoidea
  5. ↑ http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.asianplant.net/Meliaceae/Aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/aglaelae/aglaelae_en.html
  8. ↑ http://www.greenlankavacations.com/en/index.php/day-tours/itemlist/tag/Bird%20Sanctuaries


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