Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Species of tree
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Genus: | Aglaia |
| Species: | A. elaeagnoidea |
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| Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth. | |
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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])
