Aglaia argentea Blume

  • Filed As

    Meliaceae
    Aglaia argentea Blume

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 8755, Mar 1907

  • Location

    Philippines. Benguet. Baguio, Luzon, in canyons below Antop.

  • Habitat

    in canyons.

  • Description

    Tall trees 20 metres high, with a spreading round top; thick bark shallowly checked; bark of thick branches yellowish with brown lenticels; leaves coriaceous descending, shining green above, rusty yellow beneath; infrutescence sub-pendulous, axillary, 1½ foot long; the obovoid fruits sessile; leaves deciduous, leaving large broadly elliptic scars, Used to make spear handles.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4420755

    Occurrence ID: d9be886f-d204-42a3-bbd8-438a98bc66e9

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Sapindales

  • Family

    Meliaceae

  • All Determinations

    Aglaia argentea Blume

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Benguet

  • Locality

    Baguio, Luzon, in canyons below Antop

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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