Aglaia aherniana | |
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Herbarium specimen of Aglaia aherniana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Genus: | Aglaia |
Species: | A. aherniana |
Binomial name | |
Aglaia aherniana Perkins | |
Aglaia aherniana is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. [2]
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Aglaia edulis is a tree species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It occurs in Tropical Asia from India to Yunnan and South-Central China. The wood and timber are used for various purposes.
Aglaia exstipulata is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Aglaia lawii is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. As well as the autonym species, there are two subspecies accepted.
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Aglaia odorata is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Laos.
Aglaia odoratissima is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
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Aglaia pyriformis is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae endemic to the Philippines.
Aglaia rimosa is an evergreen small tree in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Taiwan. Aglaia rimosa "grows primarily in the wet tropical biome".The official name of Aglaia rimosa in Taiwan is Large-leaved aglaia, because compared with the other two species native to Taiwan, Aglaia elaeagnoidea and Aglaias chittagonga, the leaflet of Aglaia rimosa is larger than their leaflet, all three are imparipinnate.The flowers of Aglaia rimosa have fragrance, but it is lighter than that of Aglaia odorata.The anticancer compound Rocaglamide (RocA) was originally extracted from Aglaia rimosa by researchers in Taiwan.
Aglaia sapindina is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.
Aglaia simplicifolia is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Aglaia spectabilis is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae, found from the Santa Cruz Islands in the southwest Pacific to Queensland (Australia), Southeast Asia, Yunnan (Zhōngguó/China) and the Indian subcontinent. It grows from a 1m shrub to an emergent 40m tall tree, depending on the habitat. Its wood is commercially exploited as timber, but otherwise is of poor quality with limited use. The fruit are eaten, and used in folk medicine. The seeds are large in comparison to other plants, and a major source of dispersal of the species are hornbills eating the fruit, flying away from the tree and regurgitating the seeds.It is also found in Assam, India
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