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General Information

Aglaia pachyphylla is a tree with ascending branches and a small, open crown; it can grow up to 43 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 20 metres, up to 65cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 3 metres high, 1 metre out and 22cm thick[, ].
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
The plant is threatened by habitat destruction. It is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

Habitat

A canopy or emergent tree in dense, primary forest; in the more open, secondary, swamp forest; along forest edges; found especially along rivers; growing on limestones, clays and sandstones; at elevations up to 1,350 metres[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Near Threatened
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	0.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

The tree can commence flowering when only 1.8 metres tall[].
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[].

Edible Uses

None known

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 heartwood is brownish red; it is clearly demarcated from the pinkish-brown, pale brown or pale yellow sapwood. The grain is fine and curly; there is a pungent cedary odour. The wood is hard, heavy and is said to be durable. For beautiful colour and grain this wood is of a mahogany grade. It is used for furniture, flooring, general house construction (especially interior finish), and shipbuilding[]. It is used for making planks and for temporary constructions[, ].

Propagation

Seed -

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