Aglaia malaccensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Aglaia malaccensis (Ridley) Pannell

Protologue: Mal. Forester 45: 455 (1982).

Synonyms

Amoora malaccensis Ridley (1917).

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: guls, palangkutan (Sumatra), parak keluwang (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: kasai memberas, kalbang (Peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines (Mindanao).

Uses

The wood is used.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 27 m tall, bole up to 53 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 50 cm high, bark surface flaking in large scales, pale brown; leaflets 11-15, subopposite, smooth, glabrous above, below with small pale brown or almost white stellate hairs or scales, especially on the midrib; calyx with 3(-4) lobes, petals 3, anthers 6(-7), style-head ovoid, with 3 apical lobes and 6 longitudinal ridges; fruit dehiscent, 3-4-locular. A. malaccensis is locally common and occurs in primary and secondary forest on sandy to clayey soils, from sea-level up to 700 m altitude. The density of the wood is 660-870 kg/m³at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

140, 456, 465, 481, 705.