''Aglaia rimosa'' is an evergreen small tree It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Taiwan ( Hengchun Peninsula and Orchid Island ). ''Aglaia rimosa'' "grows primarily in the wet tropical biome".The official name of ''Aglaia rimosa'' in Taiwan is Large-leaved aglaia, because compared with the other two species native to Taiwan, ''

Aglaia elaeagnoidea ''Aglaia elaeagnoidea'', the droopy leaf or priyangu, is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is a 10m tall tree found in American Samoa, Australia (Western Australia and Queensland), Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New C ...

'' and '' Aglaias chittagonga'', the leaflet of ''Aglaia rimos''a is larger than their leaflet, all three are imparipinnate.The flowers of ''Aglaia rimosa'' have fragrance, but it is lighter than that of ''

Aglaia odorata ''Aglaia odorata'' is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Laos. It is occasionally sold as a house plant under the name "Chinese perfume plant." ...

''.The anticancer compound ''

Rocaglamide Rocaglamide is a natural product which belongs to a class of molecules called flavaglines. This compound was isolated in 1982 by King, Ming-Lu (金明儒) and colleagues based on its antileukemic activity. The name of Rocaglamide is named from two ...

'' (RocA) was originally extracted from ''Aglaia rimosa'' by researchers in Taiwan.

Uses

* The Tao people on Orchid Island use ''Aglaia rimosa'' to make boat rowlock or pillars for houses.This is probably why the Tao people called it "maraboa"/four limbs towards the sky. * The fruit of ''Aglaia rimosa'' is edible. * ''Aglaia rimosa'' is also an easy-to-cultivate landscape plant. *''Aglaia rimosa'' has anticancer components: ''

rocaglamide Rocaglamide is a natural product which belongs to a class of molecules called flavaglines. This compound was isolated in 1982 by King, Ming-Lu (金明儒) and colleagues based on its antileukemic activity. The name of Rocaglamide is named from two ...

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Gallery

File:大葉樹蘭 Aglaia rimosa 20220729163551 02.jpg, Panicles axillary File:大葉樹蘭 Aglaia rimosa 20220729163551 10.jpg, Branchlets densely brown lepidote File:大葉樹蘭 Aglaia rimosa 20220729163551 03.jpg, Leaves imparipinnate

References

rimosa Near threatened plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Francisco Manuel Blanco {{Meliaceae-stub