| Family Name | Meliaceae |
| Scientific name | Aglaia odorata Lour. |
| Common name | Orchid Tree，Mock Lime |
| Growth habit | Adapt warm and humid climate. Cold intolerance. |
| Leaf | Alternative leaves, odd pinnate, leather shine , have short-petiolate to sessile, leaf shapes are inverted lanceolate or oblong. |
| Flower | Small, large amount, yellow, flavorful. The flowers are axillary panicles, grow on the top, have many branches and glabrous. Small calyx, apex 5 crack lobes triangular. |
| Fruit | It is a small berry that is orange or red in color and oval. Harvest between July to September. |
| More to learn | Before the Aglaia odorata flowering, it looks like Murraya paniculata. In order to identify them, we have to odserve the pattern of their leaf. Aglaia odorata has opposite leaflets 3-5 while Murraya paniculata has Alternative leaves, we can see a transparent dot glands when they were shone by sunlight. |
| Properties | Foliage are considered acrid and warm; flowers are considered acrid, sweet, and flat. |
| Treats | Foliage has the prevention of blood stasis, swelling and pain and heals blisters, fractures, gangrene. Flower can clear leaders, wake up the spirit, solution polydipsia and clear the lungs. |
| Reference | General information on Aglaia odorata Lour. Gallery on Aglaia odorata Lour. |