Meliaceae

Chinese perfume tree

Aglaia odorata Lour.

Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Aglaia

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Chinese perfume tree: Aglaia odorata , Chinese perfume plant — Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (16)

Arabic: أغلايا ذات رائحة
arz: اغلايا ذات رائحه
ban: Siulan
bjn: Culan
Burmese: သနပ်ခါးပန်း
Cantonese: 米蘭花
Chinese: 樹蘭, 米仔兰, 米仔蘭, 小叶米仔兰, 暹罗花, 碎米兰, 米仔兰花, 米蘭
English: Chinese perfume tree
Indonesian: Pacar cina
Lithuanian: Kvapnioji aglaja
mad: Pacar cèna, Bhâng car cèna, Car cèna
Persian: زیتون تلخ آسیایی
shn: မွၵ်ႇသၼၢပ်ႈၶႃး, မွၵ်ႇမႆႉပိၼ်းႁွမ်
Sundanese: Culan
Thai: ประยงค์
Vietnamese: Ngâu Tàu, Ngâu

Synonyms

Aglaia chaudocensis Pierre
Aglaia duperreana Pierre
Aglaia oblanceolata Craib
Aglaia odorata var. chaudocensis (Pierre) Pellegr.
Aglaia odorata var. microphyllina C.DC.
Aglaia odorata var. odorata
Aglaia pentaphylla Kurz
Aglaia repoeuensis Pierre
Aglaia sinensis Pierre
Camunium chinense Roxb.
Opilia odorata (Lour.) Spreng.

Photos

Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bulgakova Anna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Sarefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Nguyễn Thanh Quang, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nuong Nguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.