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Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details
Aglaia mariannensis
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Conservation Status
- IUCN: vulnerable
- USFWS: None
Family: MELIACEAE
Genus: Aglaia
Species: mariannensis
Species Author: Merr.
Vernacular: Mapunyao, Mapunao, Marasau - Pohnpeian [Amor 62]
Synonyms: Aglaia ponapensis
Genus: Aglaia
Species: mariannensis
Species Author: Merr.
Vernacular: Mapunyao, Mapunao, Marasau - Pohnpeian [Amor 62]
Synonyms: Aglaia ponapensis
Aglaia mariannensis is a tree with large (about 10-18 cm in length) dark green, glossy ovate or elliptic leaves, densely arranged on stems. Axillary or terminal flowers arranged in panicles are small, yellowish green and fragrant, smelling of citronella. The fruit is a purple colored berry.
(Pannell, C.M. 1992. A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Aglaia Lour.)
(Pannell, C.M. 1992. A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Aglaia Lour.)
Aglaia mariannensis is endemic to the Mariana Islands.
(Pannell, C.M. 1992. A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Aglaia Lour.)
(Pannell, C.M. 1992. A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Aglaia Lour.)
The name "aglaia" comes from Greek language and it means "wisdom and glory".
- 054669 - collected by Relio Lengsi in Unknown
- 023443 - collected by E. Y. Hosaka in 1946
- 023442 - collected by E. Y. Hosaka in 1946
- 023590 - collected by F. R. Fosberg in 1946
- 023440 - collected by Michael Evans in 1966
- 023441 - collected by Michael Evans in 1966
- 023591 - collected by L. Raulerson in 1988
- 021214 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1996
- 028114 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1997
- 034869 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 1998
- 035784 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 1998
- 034929 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 1999
- 043421 - collected by R. Gallen in 2001
- 043544 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 2001
- 043514 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 2001
- 087734 - collected by B. Ekiek in 2002
- 046197 - collected by E. Albert Amor in 2003
- 048649 - collected by Clay Trauernicht in 2005
- 049077 - collected by Relio Lengsi in 2006
- 054676 - collected by P. Emos Eperiam in 2006
- 054683 - collected by Relio Lengsi in 2006
- 051476 - collected by Natalia Tangalin in 2007
- 051014 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2007
- 069387 - collected by Steve Perlman in 2007
- 054552 - collected by Natalia Tangalin in 2007
- 058542 - collected by Steve Perlman in 2009
- 088121 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2012
- 092441 - collected by Gregory M. Plunkett in 2013
- 094761 - collected by Elliot Gardner in 2022
We currently have 29 herbarium specimens for Aglaia mariannensis in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
