Aglaia oligophylla (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Aglaia oligophylla Miq.

Family: Meliaceae

• Aglaia oligantha DC.

• Peninsular Malaysia: belangkas hutan, pasak lingga
• Philippines: manalau, potian (Tagalog), ansa (Pangasinan).

Burma, Indonesia (Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines.

The aril around the seed is edible. The wood is used as timber.

• Small tree, up to 7 m tall and 15 cm in diameter.
• Leaves odd-pinnately compound with 3-5 leaflets.
• Fruit a globose berry, about 1.5 cm diameter, grey-brown tomentose.

In dense low forests, rather rare outside the Philippines.

• Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.
• Merrill, E.D., 1923 1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.
• Ridley, H.N., 1922 1925. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 Volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co., London.

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen