Aglaia odorata is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand,Vietnam, and possibly Laos.
Aglaia odarata is a small tree that retains its green leaves throughout the year, and it can reach a height of 2 to 5 meters. It is multiple branched and a leaves are 5 to 12 centimeters long. It has small golden yellow raceme oval shaped flowers with 6 petals. The fruit is red and is about 1 centimeter long. It has an egg shape that has one to two seeds.
Many parts of Aglaia odorata tree, such as roots, leaves, flowers and branches, can be used as medicine.
The roots are boiled with water to make a drink to boost appetite, In Phillipines, the roots and leaves can be used as a tonic.The dried flowers are used to cure mouth ulcers and reduce fever.
In China, the branches are used boiled then dried branches and dried leaves with water to reduce pain from rheumatism, injuries from falls, superficial infections and toxic swelling.