Common Names
Celebes kauri.Taxonomic notes
Syn: A. hami Meijer Drees.Description
Tree with a long, clear, cylindrical trunk indistinctly buttressed at the base. Produces relatively little resin for an Agathis. Juvenile leaves lanceolate, to 13 cm long by 3.5 cm wide. Adult leaves oval, acute, 6-8 cm long by 2-3 cm wide, well rounded at the apex, petiole indistinct. Male cone to 3.5 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide; microsporophylls broadly rounded with a narrow flange, exposed; pollen sacs 7-12. Female cone globular or ovoid, 5.5-8 cm long by 5-7.8 cm wide, scales nearly triangular, exposed part of scale extends the entire width of the scale, upper corners of scales usually angular and rigid, scales with a small scallop 1/6 size of the scale near the base. Seeds subovoid, 1.5 cm long by 1 cm wide, one wing small, one large (1).Range
Philippines: Palawan; Indonesia: Celebes; Moluccas; 200-2000 m (1).Big Tree
Commonly 65 m tall, 1.4 m girth (1).Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.[Agathis] [Araucariaceae] [home]
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Last modified on 27-Feb-1999