Rare. Occurs in a few northern islands along the mangrove habitats The wood is hard and durable. The bark is used for tanning and for dyeing cloth. The seeds are used to treat stomach ache.
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uses
The wood is hard and durable. The bark is used for tanning and for dyeing cloth. The seeds are used to treat stomach ache.
family
Meliaceae
synonym
Aglaia zollingeri C.DC., Carapa rumphii Kostel.
description
Medium-sized evergreen trees, Th bark greyish, fissured, branchlets sparsely lepidote. Leaves alternate, paripinnate, to 9 × cm long; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, to 6 3.5 cm, opposite, obovate, cuneate at base, obtuse at apex, coriaceous; petiole to 6 cm long. Inflorescence paniculate, to 10 cm long; flowers ca. 1 cm across, white to light pink. Petals oblong. Staminal tube to 4 mm long, glabrous. Fruit to 6 cm across, globose; seeds arranged radially from remains of axis outwards, convex on back, pink.
native range
Paleotropics Mabb.
distribution
Paleotropics
english names
Cedar mangrove
flowering fruiting
February - December
occurrence maldives
Rare. Occurs in a few northern islands along the mangrove habitats