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, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.^[4]

Description

Timber is bright red color is a hard wood.^[5] 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.^[6] Flowers show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a brown or red, indehiscent^[7] globose berry.^[8]

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
Sinhala — puwanga^[9]

References

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

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[iucn-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.

[2] ttp://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2626281

[3] ttp://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Priyangu.html

[4] ttp://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/7168

[5] ttp://www.somemagneticislandplants.com.au/index.php/plants/591-aglaia-elaeagnoidea

[6] ttp://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm

[7] ttp://www.asianplant.net/Meliaceae/Aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm

[8] ttp://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/aglaelae/aglaelae_en.html

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

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