Common Names
Corbasson kauri.Taxonomic notes
Description
Tree. Bark tan to red-brown, resinous, scaly. Juvenile leaves lanceolate, 10-11 cm long by 1.6-2 cm wide. Buds yellowish, 4 mm long, scales finely denticulate. Adult leaves linear, willow-like, oval, obtuse, 45-70 mm long by 6-11 mm wide, glaucous below, with a long petiole. Male cones cylindrical, 25-50 mm long by 6-10 mm wide; microsporophylls strongly imbricate, edges serrulate; anthers 4. Female cone obovate, to 10 cm long, with broad, round scales without a lip or umbo. Seeds with an oblong nut 15 mm long by 10 mm wide, one wing short and one oval to 20 mm long by 15 mm wide (1).Range
New Caledonia: N and C areas, type near Me Aoui, 300-700 m (1).Big Tree
Commonly 40 m tall (1).Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
This species is listed as "VU B1+2c" (vulnerable; population is localised, fragmented and declining) on the World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Trees database, which adds: "Endemic to northern New Caledonia, this species is scattered in areas of lowland moist forest on non-ultramafic substrates. It is exploited for its timber, most heavily at a local level."Citations
(1) Silba 1986.[Agathis] [Araucariaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 27-Feb-1999