Aglaia multinervis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Aglaia multinervis Pannell

Protologue: Kew Bull., Add. Ser. 16: 84 (1992).

Synonyms

Amoora lanceolata Hiern (1875).

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: parak, parek api (Sumatra), embunjau (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: lantupak, manggi (Dusun, Sabah).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo.

Uses

The wood is used.

Observations

A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall, bole up to 70 cm in diameter, bark surface pale brown, reddish-brown or pinkish-grey, with deciduous scales exposing reddish-brown patches; leaflets 15-25, subopposite, with 20-50 pairs of secondary veins, glabrous and smooth above, below rugulose with peltate or stellate scales, especially on the midrib; calyx with 3(-4) lobes, petals 3, anthers 6, style-head ovoid, with 3 apical lobes and 6 longitudinal ridges; fruit dehiscent, 3-locular. A. multinervis occurs in forest, often on slopes, up to 400 m altitude. The density of the wood is about 795 kg/m³at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

140, 481, 705.