Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Meliaceae | Genus: Aglaia | Species: Aglaia spectabilis (Miq.) S.S.Jain & S.Bennet |
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| Synonym | Aglaia gigantea (Pierre) Pellegr., Aglaia ridleyi (King) Pannell | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | 900-1800 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit dehiscent, obovoid to pyriform, 3-locular, with 1 seed per locule, pubescent and sparsely stellately lepidote; stipe to 4 mm in diam |
| Habitat | Occurs in secondary forest, riverine forest and primary forest | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark greyish-white, pale yellowish- brown or brown, flaking in squarish scales up to 30 cm across, sometimes with large orange lenticels up to 3 mm in diam |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 43 m tall, rarely flowering at 8 m tall; bole up 150 cm in diam., with plank buttresses up to 200 cm high and up to 370 cm out | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate; petiole and rachis ca. 35 cm; petiole glabrous, abaxially rounded, adaxially with a shallow groove; leaflets 11, opposite; petiolules 1-1.5 cm, thick, adaxially sulcate and stellately lepidote |
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