Chinese perfume tree
Aglaia odorata Lour.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.5 m
- wide
- —
Meliaceae
Formerly Aglaia chaudocensis, Aglaia duperreana, Aglaia oblanceolata, Aglaia pentaphylla, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- China (Guangxi, Guangdong) to Pen. MalaysiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 m to 5.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 米仔兰, 樹蘭, 米仔兰花
- Vietnamese
- ngâu tàu
- Simplified Chinese
- 小叶米仔兰, 暹罗花, 碎米兰
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Aglaia odorata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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