Meliaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Aglaia grandis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aglaia grandis is a tree that can grow up to 27 metres tall, though sometimes it is small and unbranched. The bole can be free of branches for up to 17 metres and up to 75cm in diameter[ 930 Title A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Aglaia Lour. (Meliaceae) Publication Kew Bulletin Additional Series XVI Author Pannell C.M. Publisher HMSO; London Year 1992 ISBN 0-11-250067-6 Description A comprehensive treatment of the genus Aglaia, including the genus Amoora. Very good plant descriptions, it also gives some plant uses, details of habitat, range etc. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The plant is threatened by habitat destruction. It is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatMoist, evergreen or mixed deciduous forest with bamboo, near streams, on sandstone bedrock; at elevations from 10 - 1,000 metres (commonly 200 - 400 metres)[ 931 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 39 Publication Author Thawatchai Santisuk (Editor) Publisher The Forest Herbarium (BKF); Chatuchak, Bangkok. Year 2011 ISBN 0495-3843 Description A botanical journal, publishing papers on taxonomy (especially vascular plants), nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics, plant geography, and floristics; also morphology, palynology, cytotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, anatomy and other relevant disciplines. ].