MELIACEAE 275 
colored, about 1 cm long. Fruit globose or depressed-globose, yellowish, 
4 to 6 cm in diameter, the pericarp thick, the seeds large and surrounded 
by a soft, translucent or pale, edible, acid pulp. (FI. Filip. pl. 127.) 
Commonly cultivated, fl. Feb—March; throughout the Philippines, wild 
and cultivated, undoubtedly introduced. India to Malaya. 
3. AGLAIA Loureiro 
é 
Shrubs or trees with pinnate, rarely 3-foliolate or simple leaves, gla- 
brous, lepidote, or stellate-pubescent; leaflets entire. Flowers small, glo- 
bose, polygamo-dioecious, numerous, in axillary or terminal panicles. 
Calyx 5-lobed or toothed. Petals 5, concave, imbricate. Staminal-tube 
urceolate, subglobose, or obovoid, entire or 5-toothed. Anthers 5, included 
or half-exserted, or in one section inserted on the rim of the tube. Ovary 
1- to 3-celled, small. Fruit berry-like, 1- or 2-celled and -seeded, the seeds 
usually surrounded by a gelatinous, fleshy integument. (Greek “splendor,” 
from the beauty of the original species.) 
Species 100 or more, India to China through Malaya to Australia and 
Polynesia, about 40 in the Philippines. 
* 1. A. opoRATA Lour. Cinnamomo de China (Sp.-Fil.). 
A small, much-branched, glabrous tree 4 to 7m high. Leaves 5 to 12 
em long, the rachis slightly winged, leaflets 5, obovate to oblong, obtuse, 2 
to 7 em long, the lower ones smaller than the upper. Panicles axillary, 
5 to 10 cm long, rather lax. Flowers numerous, yellow, very fragrant, 
about 3 mm in diameter, racemosely arranged. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, 
about 12 mm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 410.) 
Commonly cultivated for its fragrant flowers, but not spontaneous, fl. 
Aug.—Dece. A native of southeastern Asia, now more or less cultivated in 
many tropical countries. 
4, LANSIUM Jack 
Trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Flowers small, subglobose, polygamo- 
dioecious, the males often panicled, the females in axillary or cauline 
spikes or racemes. Sepals and petals 5, rounded, imbricate. Stamens 
united in a tube; anthers 10, included, mostly in 2 series. Ovary 3- to 
5-celled; cells 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy, 3- to 5-celled, with 1 or 2 seeds sur- 
rounded by a soft, fleshy pulp. (From its Malay name.) 
Species 5 or 6, India to Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 
*1. L. DomMESTICUM Jack. Lansones (Tag.). 
A tree 4 to 8 m high or more, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous. 
Leaves alternate, 20 to 40 cm long; leaflets 5 to 7, oblong or elliptic- 
oblong, acuminate, 7 to 18 cm long, the nerves prominent on the lower 
surface. Perfect flowers in spikes which are solitary or fasicled on the 
trunk and larger branches, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers sessile, 
small. Fruit edible, oblong-ovate or ellipsoid, pubescent, usually about 3 
em long, the pericarp tough. Seeds 1 or 2, surrounded by translucent pulp, 
as are the remaining 3 or 4 aborted seeds. (FI. Filip. pl. 117.) 
Rarely cultivated in our area, fi. June; widely distributed in the 
Philippines in cultivation, certainly introduced. Malay Peninsula and 
Archipelago. 
