Aglaia foveolata (PROSEA)
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Aglaia foveolata Pannell
- Protologue: Kew Bull., Add. Ser. 16: 211 (1992).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: bekak, memberas (Peninsular), segera (Iban, Sarawak).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak).
Uses
The wood is thought to be used.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bole up to 65 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 75 cm high, bark surface reddish-brown or greyish-brown, inner bark pale brown or reddish-brown; leaflets (11-)13-17(-27), subopposite, with 9-15(-24) pairs of secondary veins, shiny and with numerous pits above, below rugulose and often with numerous pits, with sparse to dense indumentum of reddish-brown stellate hairs or scales on the midrib above and below; flowers 5-merous, anthers 5, style-head narrowly ovoid or ellipsoid with longitudinal ridges and 2 apical lobes; fruit indehiscent, 1(-2)-locular. A. foveolata occurs in primary or secondary lowland and hill forest, in swamps, or in riverine forest, on sand, silty clay or clay, from sea-level up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
481, 705.
