Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10050 Meliaceae 
Aglaia rimosa (Blanco) Merrill 
original distr. as Aglaia lawii (Wight) Saldanha ex Ramamoorthy 
East Sepik Province, near Langu village; from margins of Metroxylon 
swamp and on lower slopes of adjacent hills, elev. 40-200 m, near 4° 
11’ S, 142° 44’ E. 
near 10042 et seq.; in saddle between two hills; 10 m treelet; twigs 
slender, terete, rufous, stellately lepidote, terminal bud narrow and 
elongate; leaves alternate, spiral, exstipulate, imparipinnate, 2-jugate; 
petiole c. 5 cm, swollen at the base, rachis of similar length, all axes 
terete and scaly; petiolules 1-1.5 cm, flattened above, not swollen, 
leaflets elliptic, subcoriaceous, adaxial surface dark dull green, 
somewhat bullate, glabrous x abaxially light green, stellately scaly 
(especially on the midrib), typical blade 19.5 cm x 7 cm, apex 
acuminate, margin entire, base obtuse; leaf venation pinnate, laterals 
7-10 pairs, arcuate, closed by reticulations or not, plexus somewhat 
feeble, irregular, main veins impressed above, prominulous beneath; 
flowers not seen; infructescence racemose, pendant, axillary near the 
stem apex, pedunculate, total length c. 25 cm, all axes subterete, 
ebracteate, covered with scales; berry subglobose to ovoid, 3 cm 
diameter, loculicidal, valves 2, orange-yellow, lepidote; seeds 2, 
occupying the entire lumen, arillate, aril bluish-green. 
Waskuk name-quin.’ The wood is strong, and is a preferred material 
for making axe handies or for anything requiring a stout construction. 
coll: W.Takeuchi 10050 
date: August 15,1 994 
det. C. Pannell 
HUH already has a set of this number 
