About Chakoola Tree
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 Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (Hengchun Peninsula), Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aglaia elaeagnoidea
- Genus
- Aglaia
- Family
- MELIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests, sacred groves in the plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- প্রিয়ঙ্গু
- Bengali
- প্রিয়ঙ্গু
- Malayalam
- ചെമ്പുളി, പുണ്യാവ
Botanical family
Meliaceae
Mahogany/Neem family
Chakoola Tree belongs to the Meliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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