Agathis robusta (c.Moore ex F.muell.) F.m.bailey

Smooth-barked kauri (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Cupressales > Araucariaceae > Agathis

Characteristics

Tree to 48 m. Juvenile leaves ovate and acuminate, up to 13 by 3.8 cm. Adult leaves ovate and acute to rounded at the apex, 5-9.5 cm by 10-26 mm, tapering to a 3-10 mm petiole. Mature pollen cones 4-8.5 cm by 7-9 mm, subtended by a 2-9 mm peduncle, apex of microsporophyll sharply angled to form three lateral facies, c. 1 mm wide and long, the slightly angled along its margin front (apical) face directed inward to the bases of the next microsporophylls ahead on either side. Seed cone oval to elongated, 9-15 by 8-10 cm. Seed bract with a thin sharp ridge along the apical margin, rounded at the upper corners, the curving lateral margins with a larger scallop c. 10-12 mm above the base on one side and a smaller one 5-8 mm above the base on the other side, 30-45 by 39-46 mm. Seed c. 10 by 6 mm with a long acute projection on one upper corner and a long bent wing c. 30 by 12 mm at the other.
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Tree to 50 m tall. Bark smooth, orange-brown, brown or grey, shedding in broad scales. Leaves with petiole 3-10 mm long; lamina linear to elliptic, 5-13 cm long, 1-4 cm wide. Male cones shortly stalked or almost sessile, cylindrical, 4-8.5 cm long, 7-9 mm diam., with 7-13 basal bracts and 600-1300 scales; scales with 2-8 microsporangia. Female cones globular to cylindrical, 9-15 cm long, 8-10.5 cm diam., with 340-440 scales; largest scales 34-41 mm long, 39-46 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 45.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Locally common on a variety of soils in exposed positions following disturbance from near sea-level in Australia and 400 m further north to 900 m throughout its range.
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A canopy tree in drier rainforests from near sea level to 1,500 metres.
Drier rainforests from near sea level to 1,500 metres.
Found in rainforest.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses environmental use fiber fuel invertebrate food material medicinal oil social use timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Agathis robusta world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, and Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Agathis robusta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261672-1
WFO ID wfo-0000910187
COL ID 6635Z
BDTFX ID 120612
INPN ID 705791
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Synonyms

Dammara robusta Agathis robusta

Lower taxons

Agathis robusta subsp. nesophila Agathis robusta subsp. robusta