Bark
Bark is 3-4 mm thick, surface brownish-grey, mottled with green, smooth, exfoliations thin, semi-fibrous.
Aglaia lawii
Syn. Aglaia tetrapetala
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Four-Petal Aglaia (English)
- Telya (Marathi)
- Kaaragil (Kannada)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Meliaceae
15m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are imparipinnate, alternate, rachis 3.2-20 cm long, slender or stout, swollen at base, covered with yellowish-brown lepidote scales.
Flower
Female and bisexual flowers borne in spikes; male flowers in axillary panicles or racemes, with short, four-sided stalks and four rounded, smooth petals.
Fruit / Seeds
Fruit is a capsule, 1.5-2 cm long, obovoid, obtuse, yellow; seeds surrounded by a fleshy aril.
Did you know?
Aglaia lawii is recognized as an ecologically versatile species of Aglaia. It thrives from sea level up to 1,650 meters in diverse environments, ranging from wet tropical and limestone forests to semi-evergreen and monsoon forests.
Distribution
Bhutan to Taiwan and Peninsula Malaysia.