Aglaia angustifolia. Aphrodisiac plant
Aglaia angustifolia.
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| Aglaia angustifolia |
Aphrodisiac plant. Similar to Pasak Bumi or Segara (Borneo). Small tree up to 3.5-9 m tall and 12 cm diameter, unbranched or rarely forked.
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Aglaia angustifolia Leaf
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Outer bark smooth, greyish-green or pale brown, with large lenticels; inner bark pale orange or brown; sapwood pale yellowish-brown, becoming orange or brown towards the centre; latex white.
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| Aglaia angustifolia. Aphrodisiac plant |
Twigs stout, densely covered with reddish-brown stellate hairs which have arms up to 1 mm long. Leaves imparipinnate. up to 100 cm long and 80 cm wide; petiole up to 15 cm. petiole, rachis and petiolules with indumentum like the twigs. Leaflets 13-21(-25), 15-40 by 1-4 cm. linear-lanceolate, apex caudate, acute, base asymmetrical, rounded or subcordate.
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| Aglaia angustifolia |
Ecology In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, swamp and keranga forests up to 1450 m altitude. Usually on alluvial sites near rivers and streams. On sandy to yellow-red loamy or clay soils. Distribution Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines.
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