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ISSN 1880-7682 Volume 18, No. 1 November 2020 The wood of A. cucullata is used as fuel wood, posts of houses and wood for boat-building (Giesen et al., 2007). Medicinal uses of leaves and fruits of A. cucullata in Thailand include treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery, inflammations, skin infections and cardiac diseases (Chumkaew et al., 2006). In Myanmar, the species is a medicinal plant where the leaves and seeds are used to treat inflammation and rheumatism, respectively (DeFilipps and Krupnick, 2018). ISME/GLOMIS Electronic Journal (ISSN 1880-7682) is published by International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME). Available on-line at http://www.glomis.com. Headquarters: c/o Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0129 Japan. 5 Tree population at Ranong, Thailand In July 2020, we encountered a natural population of A. cucullata in a remote and undisturbed habitat located some 2 km landward from the banks of the Kraburi River, Ranong Province, Thailand. The 48,000-ha site is within the proposed World Heritage mangrove forest. It was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve earlier in 1997. At the site, a group of five mature trees, all above 30 cm in dbh and 15‒20 m in height (Figure 2). The trees have a clear bole with bark that is greyish-brown in colour and faintly fissured. Buttresses are up to a metre tall. The mangrove palm Nypa fruticans and fern Acrostichum aureum are common in the area. Figure 2 A cluster of mature Aglaia cucullata trees (top), and the bole and buttresses of one individual (bottom) in the Ranong mangrove forest.


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