Podocarpus archboldii N.E.Gray

Species

Gymnosperms > Cupressales > Podocarpaceae > Podocarpus l'hér. ex

Characteristics

Tree 10-40 m tall, 30-100 cm diam., clear bole up to 12-24 m, sometimes slightly fluted. Foliage buds 2-4 mm long, the primary scales slightly spreading. Juvenile leaves to at least 18 by 1.6 cm, otherwise like adult leaves. Adult leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 7-12 by 1-1.4 cm, apex broadly acute, base abruptly narrowed to a petiole up to 5 mm long, midrib above blunt, 0.3 mm high, with sloping sides, 0.5 mm wide. Pollen cones solitary, sessile or on a peduncle to at least 4 mm. Receptacle often with a third lateral bract smaller than the second bract, red when mature.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 35.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A canopy tree occurring scattered or locally common in evergreen tropical montane forest; at elevations from 720-2,600 metres.
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Scattered and locally common in the canopy of mixed mid-mountain rain-forest with Casta-nopsis from 720 to 2200 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fuel material medicinal timber wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Distribution

Podocarpus archboldii world distribution map, present in Iceland and Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Podocarpus archboldii threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:687984-1
WFO ID wfo-0000485603
COL ID 782WM
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Synonyms

Margbensonia archboldii Podocarpus archboldii Podocarpus crassigemmis