Aglaia smithii
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Description
Tree up to 10 m.
Leaves 27–47 cm long; petiole 6–8 cm long, petiole, rachis and petiolules densely cov- ered with scales like those on the twigs.
Inflorescences in the axils of several leaves near the apex of the shoot, up to 28 cm long; peduncle c. 6 cm, peduncle, rachis and branches densely covered with scales like those on the twigs.
Flowers c. 2.5 mm long and 3.5 mm wide; pedicels c. 3 mm, the pedicels and calyx densely covered with orange-brown scales which have a paler margin.
Petals 5.
Staminal tube c. 2 mm long and 3 mm wide, the aperture with 10 triangular lobes which have stellate yellow hairs on their margins; anthers 5, c. 0.7 mm long and 0.4 mm wide, inserted below the margin, with yellow stellate hairs, the staminal tube thick- ened below and between the anthers.
Unripe fruits c. 1 cm long, obovoid, with numerous bumps and densely covered with scales on the outer surface.
Distribution
Adi I. present, Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. present, Basilan present, Palawan present, Tanimbar I. present
Malesia: Philippines (Palawan and Basilan), Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas (Tanimbar I.), New Guinea (Adi I.)