Aglaia rimosa

Botanical Description

Aglaia rimosa is a shrub or a tree with a dense crown; it can grow from 2 - 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 15 metres in larger trees, it can vary from 5 - 52cm in diameter, with buttresses in the larger trees that can be up to 50cm high, 100cm out and 3cm thick[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 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 loss could pose a threat. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].