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Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich.

Dammar pine (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Cupressales > Araucariaceae > Agathis

Characteristics

Trees to 40 m tall; trunk to 45 cm d.b.h.; bark reddish gray, thick; crown conical; branches slightly drooping; winter buds terminal on branchlets, with a few densely arranged scales.Leaves with petiole 3-8 mm; blade dark green, oblong-la-ceolate or elliptic, ± recurved, 5-12 × 1.2-5 cm, usually smaller on cone-bearing branchlets, leathery, margin thickened, apex usually obtuse, occasionally mucronate. Pollen cones 5-7.5 ×1.8-2.5 cm. Seed cones subglobose or broadly ovoid, to 10 cm; bracts 2.5-3 cm, apex reflexed. Seeds obovoid, ca. 1.2 cm × 7 mm; wing developed on 1 side, membranous, almostcuneate-oblong.
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A tree. It grows 40 m tall. The trunk is 45 cm across. The crown is a cone shape. The branches are slightly drooping. The leaves are dark green and 5-12 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The pollen cones. These are 5-8 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The seed cones are broadly oval and 10 cm long. The seeds are 1.2 cm long by 7 mm wide. They have a wing on one side.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.73
Mature height (meter) 50.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

An emergent tree, scattered but locally common in lowland rainforests; at elevations up to 1,200 metres, though in the Philippines it is reported to grow at elevations up to 2,100 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It occurs in the mountains. It grows in rainforest.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses environmental use fuel invertebrate food material medicinal timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Leech-repellant (unspecified), Liniment (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds. It can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 28 - 34
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Agathis dammara unspecified picture

Distribution

Agathis dammara world distribution map, present in China and Philippines

Conservation status

Agathis dammara threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261669-1
WFO ID wfo-0000908436
COL ID 662SZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Pinus dammara Agathis dammara Agathis loranthifolia Agathis pinus-dammara Agathis orientalis Agathis celebica Agathis hamii Agathis philippensis Agathis regia Dammara alba Dammara celebica Dammara loranthifolia Dammara orientalis Dammara rumphii Agathis philippinensis Agathis hami Abies dammara Agathis alba Dammara orientalis var. alba Dammara orientalis var. pallens Dammara alba var. celebica
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