Aglaia elaeagnoidea
(A. Juss.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 1: 383. 1863; Ramamoorthy in
C.J. Saldanha & Nicolson, Fl. Hassan 392. 1976. Nemedra elaeagnoidea A. Juss. in Mem.
Mus. Hist. Nat. 19: 259. t. 14. 1830. Aglaia roxhurghialla (Wight & Arn.) Miq. in Ann.
Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavum 4: 41. 1868; Beddome, Fl. Sylv. S. India t. 130. 1871; Hiern
in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 555.1875. A. odoratissima auct. non Blume 1825: T. Cooke,
Fl. Pres. Bombay 1: 209. 1902; Talbot, Forest Fl. Bombay 1: 234. 1909. Milnea roxburghiana Wight & Arn., Prodr. 119. 1834; Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. t. 166. 1839.
Tree, 15 - 20 m tall; young parts and inflorescence covered with brown lepidote
scales. Leaves imparipinnate, 7 -
25 cm long; leaflets (3-) 5 (-9), opposite, petiolulate
or sometimes almost sessile, elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, elliptic-oblong or ovate,
5 - 15 x 2.5 - 8 cm, thinly eoriaeeous, glabrous above, sparsely lepidote beneath and
densely soon nerves; secondary nerves 12 - 20 on each side; petiolules to 1.25 cm long, that of terminal leaflet longer. Panicles 7 - 25 cm long, densely flowered. Flowers
shortly-pedicellate, globose, yellow. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-lobed, ciliate along margins,
lepidote outside. Petals 5, elliptic-oblong, longer than calyx, often scaly outside when
young. Staminal tube shorter than petals, urceolate, somewhat contracted at base;
mouth obscurely 5-lobed; stamens 5, small, inserted in middle of staminal tube; anthers
included or exserted. Ovary small, depressed, stellately lepidote; style half as long as
staminal tube or almost absent; stigma ovoid or obscurely lobed. Berries subglobose or
pyriform, ca 2 cm across, velvety-lepidote-tomentose, buff coloured, 1-seeded.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
1a. Leaflets distinctly petiolulate, usually oblanceolate; anthers exserted
