Aglaia perviridis Hiern
Taxonomy
Common Names
Properties
Botanic
A small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bole up to 50 cm in diameter.
Leaflets 11-13, subopposite, with 12-18 pairs of secondary veins, usually pitted and sometimes rugulose on both surfaces, generally glabrous above, below with few small reddish-brown peltate scales having a dark centre and an irregular fimbriate margin, more densely scaly on the midrib.
Flowers 5-merous, anthers 5, style-head ovoid.
Fruit indehiscent, 1-locular.
Habitat
A. perviridis is common, occurring scattered in primary and secondary evergreen forest on limestone.
Cultivation and Marketing
Uses and Function
Shade or shelter: A. perviridis is also used as a shade and wayside tree.
Food: The fruit is reported to be edible.
Timber: The wood is used, e.g. for general construction, ship and boat planking, and agricultural tools.
Variable
Wood Density
2 rows
| 0.895 | 1.12 | 1.0075 | Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerjanegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors), 1995. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2). Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 655 pp. | India sample | ||
| 0.81 | 0.8100 | Soerjanegara and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editors), 1994. PROSEA 5(1): Timber trees: Major commercial timbers. | South-East Asia (tropical) |
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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)
- N
- 2
- Mean
- 0.9088
- Median
- 0.9088
- Mode
- -
- Stdv
- 0.1397
- Variance
- 0.0195
- Range
- [0.81, 1.0075]
- If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
- The statistic summary is based on data availability in the database, thus it may change upon the data collection updates