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General Information

Aglaia eximia is a tree with a rounded crown; it can grow up to 15 metres tall. The bole can be unbranched for up to 10 metres[].
The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Habitat

Primary forests and the more open, secondary formations; sometimes growing on limestone; at elevations from near sea level to 2,000 metres[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	12.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Small black ants are sometimes found in the hollow leaf petioles, especially in Sumatra[].
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[]

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[]. It should be eaten in moderation[]. The grey or brown fruit is up to 30mm long and 22mm wide, containing up to 3 seeds, each one surrounded by a thin layer of whitish, edible flesh[].

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 a pale yellow or a pale brown, sometimes tinged with pink[].

Propagation

Seed -

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