Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10059 Meliaceae 
Aglaia tomentosa Teijsn. & Binn. 
East Sepik Province, near Langu village, through the adjacent 
swampland and ascending the buttress ridge to the mountain above, 
' near 4° 1 1 ’ S, 1 42° 44’ E. 
from slopes above 10055 et seq.; e!ev. c. 200 m on moderate incline, 
10-15 m treelet in subcanopy; twigs terete, rufous, lepidote, apical bud 
narrow and erect; leaves alternate, spiral, estipulate, imparipinnate, to 
about 4-jugate, petiolate, the petiole to 12 cm, weakly dilate at the base 
or not, with rachis together to 30 cm length, both axes strictly terete, 
stellately scaly, petiolules 5 mm, not swollen; leaflets generally elliptic, 
typically 19 cm x 6 cm, the terminal leaflet largest, lamina herbaceous 
to papery, approx, concolorously dark green on both sides, abaxially 
with stellate scurf, otherwise glabrous, leaflet apex caudate, margin 
entire, base acute, venation pinnate, laterals 14-16 pairs, 45 deg. 
straight-diverging then abruptly curving at the margin, reticulum feeble, 
somewhat irregular and lax; fruit not seen; inflorescence paniculiform, 
axillary, pyramidal, to slightly >20 cm long, shortly pedunculate, all axes 
densely clothed with stellate scales, bractlets minute; flowers yellow 
and globose, perianth dichlamydeous, 4-5 merous, calyx 
gamosepalous with rounded lobes, corolla imbricated. 
Waskuk name-milombu.’ The strong wood is used for building homes 
and other items requiring durability of construction. 
Flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10059 
date: August 16, 1994 
det. C. Pannell 
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