Aglaia edulis

It grows as an 8–20 m (26–66 ft) tall tree in dense, semi-evergreen and evergreen forests of Cambodia. In the Phnom Kulen National Park, Siem Reap Province, it is one of the (12 or more) dominant canopy and emergent tree taxa in the common Evergreen Forest formation. In Zhōngguó/China it occurs a tree some 5–9 m (16–30 ft) tall, with a diameter at breast height of 30 cm. It has rufous bark, though young branches are glabrous and pale brown. Leaves are 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 11.8 in). The fruit, c.5.5 by 3-3.5 cm is brown and elliptic, 1 to 3 seeds. It flowers and fruits from November to January. The tree grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests at 1,200–1,800 m (3,900–5,900 ft) elevation on limestone hills, particularly in Malipo County, Yunnan. The International Union for Conservation of Nature/IUCN has the plant as a rare scattered tree primarily found along rocky coasts in evergreen and primary forest. A. edulis trees have one of the largest diameter sizes (50–70 cm) in the Dryland Forest and Swamp Peat Forest formations in the Muara Kendawangan Nature Reserve, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia (0 to 30m a.s.l.). …

It is found in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, Java, Sumatra in Indonesia; Philippines; Malaysia; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Hainan, the south-central region and Yunnan in China; Laos; Myanmar; Bangladesh; Nicobar Islands, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya and other parts of India; and Bhutan.

In Cambodia, the fruits of the trees known as -mchu:l are eaten, when ripe, while the wood is used in temporary constructions and for firewood. The timber of the trees known as bâng' kew, bângkô:ng or bangkuv (which is common in Pursat Province and also found in Stung Treng Province) is valued highly in construction, even though it is a Third-class (lowest-grade) timber, with very low royalties due for extraction. The timber of this species is red, hard, and usually used for making carts, boats, furniture, etc.

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