Aglaia acida (PROSEA)
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Aglaia acida Koord. & Valeton
- Family: Meliaceae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: langsatan (Javanese).
Distribution
Indonesia (eastern Java).
Uses
The fruit resembles langsat in size and taste. The wood is used as timber; it is strong and durable but is rarely available.
Observations
Tree, 10-20 m tall, 35 cm in diameter, with smooth coppery bark. Leaflets (5-)7-9(-11). Fruit a globose berry, 2-3 cm in diameter, glabrous. Seeds 2-3, surrounded by a thick, slightly acid aril. Fruiting is in November, trees do not bear heavily. In periodically very dry forests, at altitudes of 100-400 m.
Selected sources
3, 26, 39.
