Widdringtonia whytei Rendle

Mulanje cypress (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Cupressales > Cupressaceae > Widdringtonia

Characteristics

Female cones in short bracteolate spikes up to 1 cm. long; scales ovate, with up to 5 ovules each. Mature cones up to 2 cm. long, ovoid or globose, dark brown, woody and resinous, dehiscent; valves abaxially umbonate.
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Seeds 2 or 3 per scale; body c. 6 mm. long, beaked, very dark brown or black; wing scarious to reddish-brown.
Male cones broadly elliptic with about 8 pairs of subpeltate scales; pollen-sacs 2 or 4.
Leaves of adults c. 2 mm. long, rhombic, tightly appressed.
Trees, up to 40 m. tall; bark grey-brown.
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 40.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Scattered in Afromontane forest, mainly at elevations from 1,800-2,550 metres, in regions with abundant precipitation, much of it as fog.
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Usage

Uses environmental use essential oil fiber material wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Conservation status

Widdringtonia whytei threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:264042-1
WFO ID wfo-0000427973
COL ID 5BYGL
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Synonyms

Callitris whytei Widdringtonia whytei Widdringtonia nodiflora var. whytei Widdringtonia nodiflora subsp. whytei