Additional Info

• Genus:Aglaia
• Species:rimosa
• Field Collection Number:69
• Collector:Ren Divien Obeña
• Date Collected:Tuesday, 01 January 2019
• Island or Province:ParanasSamar
• Locality:Brgy. Tenani
• Habitat:Forest over limestone
• Plot:2
• Altitude (masl):172 385
• Coordinates:11.813341; 125.161612
• Topography:Karst landscape
• Habit:Tree
• Height of plant:2.5 m
• DBH (cm):3.82
• Flower:Calyx with (4-)5 lobes, petals 4-5, anthers 5, rarely 6, style-head broadly ovoid or subglobose, with 2 small apical lobes
• Fruit:Indehiscent fruit with two locules
• Economic Uses:In Papua New Guinea, the scraped bark is boiled in water and the decoction drunk daily by patients with a badly swollen stomach. A. rimosa is a potential source of compounds with anticancer properties. The wood is used for house construction.
• Herbarium Accession Number:7143
• Family:Meliaceae