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General Information

Aglaia perviridis is a small to medium-sized, evergreen tree usually growing up to 12 metres tall but exceptionally to 25 metres[]. The bole can up to 50cm in diameter[].
The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use. The tree is valued for its beautiful crown and is also grown as an ornamental and wayside tree to provide shade[].
The plant is threatened by habitat destruction. It is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Range

E. Asia - China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam.

Habitat

Primary evergreen forest, monsoon and secondary forest on limestone or deep ferralitic wet and well-drained soils at elevations of 100 - 1,330 metres[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Vulnerable
Edibility Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Evergreen Tree
Height	12.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Ornamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

A plant of tropical and subtropical climates[].

Regeneration is said to be poor in Vietnam, and saplings are rarely found under the canopy of mother trees[].
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten locally[, ]. The yellow, fleshy coat (aril) surrounding the seed is eaten[]. The fruit is up to 38mm x 20mm, containing a single large seed[, ].

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 dark reddish-brown wood is hard, close and even grained. An excellent looking wood, it is used in construction, ship and boat-building, for household utensils and agricultural tools[, , , ].

Propagation

Seed -

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