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Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Also called Droopyleaf, Priyangu
Aglaia elaeagnoidea, the droopy leaf or priyangu, 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), Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
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.)
Aglaia agglomerata · Aglaia aherniana · Aglaia amplexicaulis · Aglaia angustifolia · Aglaia apiocarpa · Aglaia archboldiana · Silver boodyarra · Brown Ripples · Aglaia barbanthera · Aglaia basiphylla · Aglaia beccarii · Aglaia bourdillonii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aglaia elaeagnoidea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
