Aglaia — 54 species

Botanical species in the genus Aglaia recorded in the PlantPeers database.

Aglaia argentea
EdibleMedicinal

Aglaia argentea

Aglaia argentea

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Trees can start flowering and fruiting when 4.5 metres tall. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia aspera
Edible

Aglaia aspera

Aglaia aspera

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia basiphylla

Aglaia basiphylla

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia ceramica

Aglaia ceramica

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia chittagonga

Aglaia chittagonga

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia coriacea

Aglaia coriacea

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia cremea

Aglaia cremea

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia cucullata

Aglaia cucullata

Aglaia cucullata

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The pouch at the base of the terminal leaflet is sometimes occupied by ants. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia edulis
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Aglaia edulis

Aglaia edulis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Trees can commence flowering when about 4 metres tall. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Edible

Aglaia elaeagnoidea

Aglaia elaeagnoidea

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A plant of the lowland tropics, preferring non-equatorial areas with seasonal climates. It is intolerant of frosts. Grows well in dappled shade.

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Aglaia elliptica
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Aglaia elliptica

Aglaia elliptica

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A plant of the tropics, growing at elevations from sea level to 2,000 metres. Plants often withstand periodic inundation of the soil in their native habitats. All the fruits on any one infructescence ripen more or less together, but there are many infructescences on any one tree and these can ripen over a period of several weeks or months, thereby giving a prolonged season of fruit harvest.

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Aglaia erythrosperma

Aglaia erythrosperma

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia eximia

Aglaia eximia

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Small black ants are sometimes found in the hollow leaf petioles, especially in Sumatra. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required

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Edible

Aglaia exstipulata

Aglaia exstipulata

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia flavida

Aglaia flavida

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Not known

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Edible

Aglaia forbesii

Aglaia forbesii

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Not known

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Edible

Aglaia foveolata

Aglaia foveolata

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia grandis

Aglaia grandis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia hiernii

Aglaia hiernii

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia ijzermannii

Aglaia ijzermannii

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The male flowers emit a strong scent of citronella. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia korthalsii
Edible

Aglaia korthalsii

Aglaia korthalsii

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia lawii

Aglaia lawii

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Young trees can commence flowering when just 1.6 metres tall and before they have developed side branches. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia laxiflora

Aglaia laxiflora

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Trees can withstand temporary inundation of the soil. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia leptantha

Aglaia leptantha

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen. Plants can commence flowering and fruiting when about 4 metres tall. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia leucophylla

Aglaia leucophylla

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Trees can start flowering when only 150cm tall. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia luzoniensis

Aglaia luzoniensis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia malaccensis

Aglaia malaccensis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Not known

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Aglaia multinervis

Aglaia multinervis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia odorata
EdibleMedicinal

Aglaia odorata

Aglaia odorata

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Often found growing on clay soils in the wild. The plant produces fragrant flowers for much of the year. The fragrance is most intense in the evening.

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Aglaia odoratissima

Aglaia odoratissima

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Plants are tolerant of seasonal inundation of the soil. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia oligophylla

Aglaia oligophylla

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia pachyphylla

Aglaia pachyphylla

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The tree can commence flowering when only 1.8 metres tall. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia parviflora

Aglaia parviflora

Aglaia parviflora

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia perviridis

Aglaia perviridis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A plant of tropical and subtropical climates. Regeneration is said to be poor in Vietnam, and saplings are rarely found under the canopy of mother trees. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia pleuropteris

Aglaia pleuropteris

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Not known

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Edible

Aglaia rimosa

Aglaia rimosa

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia rivularis

Aglaia rivularis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia rubiginosa

Aglaia rubiginosa

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia rubrivenia

Aglaia rubrivenia

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia rufibarbis

Aglaia rufibarbis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia saltatorum
Medicinal

Aglaia saltatorum

Aglaia saltatorum

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia samoensis

Aglaia samoensis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia sapindina

Aglaia sapindina

Aglaia sapindina

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The twigs, especially of plants in New Guinea, are sometimes inhabited by ants. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia sexipetala

Aglaia sexipetala

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia silvestris
Edible

Aglaia silvestris

Aglaia silvestris

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia simplicifolia

Aglaia simplicifolia

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia smithii

Aglaia smithii

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia speciosa

Aglaia speciosa

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia spectabilis

Aglaia spectabilis

Aglaia spectabilis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Trees can commence flowering when about 8 metres tall. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia subcuprea

Aglaia subcuprea

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Edible

Aglaia tenuicaulis

Aglaia tenuicaulis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia teysmanniana

Aglaia teysmanniana

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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Aglaia tomentosa
Edible

Aglaia tomentosa

Aglaia tomentosa

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

Grows best if given dappled shade. Prefers a humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in a position shelered from strong winds. Plants are tolerant of temporary inundation of the soil.

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Aglaia vitiensis

Aglaia vitiensis

Family: Meliaceae

Cultivation

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

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