Aglaia lancilimba

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Aglaia lancilimba

Description

Tree 1–15 m. Leaves 18–50 cm long, 14–34 cm wide, petiole 2.5–12 cm, petiole, rachis and petiolules densely covered with scales like those on the twigs. Inflorescence up to 28 cm long and 23 cm wide; peduncle 5–15 mm, peduncle, rachis, branches, pedicels and calyx dense- ly covered with scales like those on the twigs or with scales which have a longer fimbri- ate margin or are stellate. Flowers 1.5–3 mm long, 1.5–3.5 mm wide, pedicel 0.5–2 mm. Petals 5. Staminal tube up to c. 1 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, shallowly cup-shaped, thickened below and between the anthers, the aperture 0.6–1.3 mm across and with the margin shallowly lobed; anthers 5, 0.4–0.5 mm long and 0.4–0.5 mm wide, dark blackish-brown when dry with a pale yellow margin, inserted inside the margin of the tube and protruding. Fruits 2.2–3 cm long and 2.2–3 cm wide, subglobose, brown or yellow when ripe; the pericarp thin and brittle when dry, densely covered with scales like those on the twigs on the outside; locules 2 (or 3), each containing one seed. Seed covered with a white aril.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Bumbun Is. present, Flores present, Sumbawa present
Malesia: E Borneo (Bumbun Is.), Philippines, Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Sumbawa, Flores)

Morphology

Aglaia lancilimba has relatively narrow leaflets, pale green below when dry, with large peltate scales which often densely cover and are conspicuous on the midrib of the lower surface of the leaflets but are few on the rest of that surface.

Citation

Pannell 1992 – In: Kew Bull, Add. Ser.: 137.