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General Information

Aglaia leucophylla is a tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall. The bole can be up to 20cm in diameter, and is sometimes fluted at the base[, ].
The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its wood and edible fruit, which are used locally.
The plant is potentially under threat from habitat destruction. It is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Range

Southeast Asia - peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

Habitat

A sub-canopy tree in primary forest, including riverine and moss forests, but more commonly found in secondary forest; growing on sand, limestone, sandy clay, loam, and alluvial soils; at elevations from sea level to 1,300 metres[, ].

Properties

Conservation Status	Near Threatened
Edibility Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	15.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Trees can start flowering when only 150cm tall[].
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[].

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[, , ]. The seed is covered with a white or red flesh (aril) that can be sweet or sour in flavour. The fruits are up to 45mm in diameter, containing 2 seeds[].

Medicinal

The genus 'Aglaia' is the only source of the group of about 50 known representatives of compounds that bear a unique cyclopenta[b]tetrahydrobenzofuran skeleton. These compounds are more commonly called rocaglate or rocaglamide derivatives, or flavaglines, and most have been found to have potent insecticidal properties, antifungal, antiviral, antibacterial or anthelmintic bioactivity. Several of them exhibit pronounced cytotoxic activity against a range of human cancers. Since the first representative in this group was only discovered in 1982, this is one of the few recent examples of a completely new class of plant secondary metabolites of biological promise (see B. G. Wang et al., Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 32: 1223-1226. 2004; L.W. Chaidir et al., J. Nat. Prod. 64: 1216-1220. 2001)[, ].

Other Uses

The genus 'Aglaia' is the only source of the group of about 50 known representatives of compounds that bear a unique cyclopenta[b]tetrahydrobenzofuran skeleton. These compounds are more commonly called rocaglate or rocaglamide derivatives, or flavaglines, and most have been found to have potent insecticidal properties, antifungal, antiviral, antibacterial or anthelmintic bioactivity. Several of them exhibit pronounced cytotoxic activity against a range of human cancers. Since the first representative in this group was only discovered in 1982, this is one of the few recent examples of a completely new class of plant secondary metabolites of biological promise (see B. G. Wang et al., Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 32: 1223-1226. 2004; L.W. Chaidir et al., J. Nat. Prod. 64: 1216-1220. 2001)[, ].

The sapwood is reddish-brown or white[]. The wood is used as house poles in traditional buildings[, , ].

Propagation

Seed -

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