Commonly known as kriah, sekriah or keriat in Malay, Aglaia korthalsii is a small to medium tree, up to 26 m tall with a bole of up to 70 cm diameter. The bark is pale to dark reddish-brown or pinkish-brown to grey in colour, with dark greenish-pink and pink inner bark. It has compound leaves comprised of leaflets with unequal leaf bases. The petiole is 7-12 cm long and covered with shiny reddish brown scales that can also be found on the leaf axis and twigs. The inflorescences are densely covered with peltate scales; the male inflorescence is up to 40 cm long and wide while the female inflorescence is smaller and fewer-branched (Mabberley & Pannell, 2013). The flowers are subglobose or depressed globose, and the fruits are berryoid, reddish orange outside, and densely covered with orange-brown peltate scales (Mabberley & Pannell, 2007).

In Peninsular Malaysia, Aglaia korthalsii can be found in all states except Perlis, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka. It grows in lowland dipterocarp forest up to 340 m above sea level (Mabberley & Pannell, 2013). This species is still grown as a fruit tree in villages in Kelantan and Terengganu. The Orang Utan and Lar Gibbon are known to consume the fruits (Norsyam, 1992). The wood is also used for house poles.