Meliaceae FAMILY
Aglaia aspera
Aglaia aspera
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Aglaia aspera is a tree with a rounded crown of ascending branches; it can grow up to 29 metres tall. The bole can be free of branches for up to 12 metres, up to 40cm in diameter, sometimes with 'L'-shaped buttresses up to 1.8 metres high, 2 metres outwards and 20cm wide[ 930 Title A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Aglaia Lour. (Meliaceae) Publication Kew Bulletin Additional Series XVI Author Pannell C.M. Publisher HMSO; London Year 1992 ISBN 0-11-250067-6 Description A comprehensive treatment of the genus Aglaia, including the genus Amoora. Very good plant descriptions, it also gives some plant uses, details of habitat, range etc. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea.
HabitatDense, primary woodland; the more open, secondary formations; kerangas; monsoon forest and along the banks of rivers; growing on yellow sands, yellow to dark brown loams and silty clays; at elevations up to 1,600 metres[ 930 Title A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Aglaia Lour. (Meliaceae) Publication Kew Bulletin Additional Series XVI Author Pannell C.M. Publisher HMSO; London Year 1992 ISBN 0-11-250067-6 Description A comprehensive treatment of the genus Aglaia, including the genus Amoora. Very good plant descriptions, it also gives some plant uses, details of habitat, range etc. ].