Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Priyangu / Droopy Leaf | |
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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 | |
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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
- 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 (China)
- Sinhala — Puwanga[8]
References
- ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2626281
- ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Priyangu.html
- ↑ http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/7168
- ↑ http://www.somemagneticislandplants.com.au/index.php/plants/591-aglaia-elaeagnoidea
- ↑ http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm
- ↑ http://www.asianplant.net/Meliaceae/Aglaia_elaeagnoidea.htm
- ↑ http://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/aglaelae/aglaelae_en.html
- ↑ http://www.greenlankavacations.com/en/index.php/day-tours/itemlist/tag/Bird%20Sanctuaries%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- Pannell, C.M. (1998). "Aglaia elaeagnoidea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T33711A9804005. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33711A9804005.en. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- "Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth". Atlas of Living Australia.
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