Aglaia silvestris (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Aglaia silvestris (M. Roemer) Merr.
- Protologue: Interpr. Herb. amboin.: 210 (1917).
Synonyms
- Aglaia ganggo Miq. (1861),
- Aglaia pyramidata Hance (1877),
- Aglaia cedreloides Harms (1942),
- Aglaia mannii (King ex Brandis) Jain & Gaur (1986).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: ganggo (general), pacar kidang (Sumatra), kayu wole (Sulawesi)
- Malaysia: bekak (Peninsular), segera (Sarawak), lantupak (Dusun, Sabah)
- Philippines: salamingai (Tagalog), panuhan (Negrito)
- Thailand: chanchamot (Chanthaburi).
- Vietnam: gội núi.
Distribution
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, peninsular Thailand, throughout Malesia (except for the Lesser Sunda Islands) towards the Solomon Islands.
Uses
A. silvestris is an important source of timber; the wood is used for e.g. house building, furniture, tool-handles, spears and boards. It is a potential source of compounds with anticancer properties.
Observations
- A medium-sized to sometimes large tree up to 30(-50) m tall, bole branchless for up to 13 m, up to at least 50 cm in diameter, buttresses L-shaped, up to 120 cm high, bark surface pale greyish-brown or reddish-brown, inner bark reddish-brown or dark orange-brown.
- Leaflets (5-)13-19, alternate, with 12-21 pairs of secondary veins, smooth and glabrescent above, below sparsely to densely set with peltate scales having a dark brown centre and pale margin.
- Calyx 5-lobed, petals 5(-6), anthers 5, style-head ovoid, with 2 small lobes and longitudinally ridged.
- Fruit indehiscent, 1-2(-3)-locular.
A. silvestris is locally common in primary and secondary evergreen to semi-deciduous forest, in swamps, kerangas, and even forest-savanna vegetation, on clayey loam, sandstone or limestone, from sea-level up to 2100 m altitude. The density of the wood is 620-930 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
234, 465, 474, 481, 705. timbers
247, 541, 805. medicinals
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Authors
- Sri Hayati Widodo
