Podocarpus laubenfelsii S.K.K.Tiong

Species

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

Characteristics

Tree, 14-35 m tall, 20-60 cm diam. Foliage buds 2.5-4 mm long, the tips of the primary scales generally spreading. Juvenile leaves 11-24 by 1.7-2.4 cm. Adult leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 7-19 by 1-1.8 cm, narrowly acute to acuminate, narrowing more or less abruptly at the base to a 6-14 mm petiole, upper side of midrib a blunt ridge 0.8-1.2 mm wide and 0.2-0.3 mm high. Buds for pollen cones on a peduncle to 6 mm long or less commonly sessile. Pollen cones grouped (3) 4 (5), 2-4 cm long; microsporophylls more or less elongated. Seed with its covering at least 8 mm long but fully mature examples unknown.
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Sexuality dioecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 14.0 - 35.0
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Environment

Scattered in 'keranga' forest, often on nutrient-poor and/or water-logged, acidic soils; also scattered in primary rainforest and mossy forest; growing as a large emergent tree on rocky ridges; at elevations from 600-1,650 metres.
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Scattered in primary rain-forest, in mossy forest, a large emergent on rocky ridge on kerangas, dominant in heath forest, also in waterlogged acid soil of Agathis forest. 600-1600 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses timber wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Distribution

Podocarpus laubenfelsii world distribution map, present in Indonesia and Malaysia

Conservation status

Podocarpus laubenfelsii threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904993-1
WFO ID wfo-0000485632
COL ID 4KQ4D
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Synonyms

Podocarpus laubenfelsii