Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Droopy Leaf
©Anne Hoggett: Aglaia elaeagnoidea behind the beach at Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island. Leaf with three leaflets. Note stiff, pale midrib that is distinctly raised on the upper surface of the leaflet blade.
©Anne Hoggett: Aglaia elaeagnoidea behind the beach at Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island. This leaf has four leaflets - there are usually three or five. Enlarge image to see minute bronze scales on the upper leaf surface (lost in older leaves).
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Meliaceae
Genus
Aglaia
Species
Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Colours
Distinguishing features
A small tree with pinnate leaves of 3-5 leaflets; both surfaces of young leaves are covered with tiny bronze scales, lost on the upper surface of older leaves (Cribb and Cribb, 1985).
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Cribb, A.B. and J.W. Cribb (1985). Plant life of the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent shores University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.
Other references
- De Sloover, J.R. and M. Dufrene (1999). Flora and vegetation of Turtell V, Turtell Islands Group (Queensland, Australia), Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg./ Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg., 67: 45-97. LIRS catalog number 577.
- De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.
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