Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Description
"A small, symmetrical, narrow conical tree, up to 20 ft. high, the branchlets Selaginella-like in appearance. Leaves arranged as in L. plumosa, but larger, the lateral pairs much larger than the facial pairs, thick in texture, appressed and overlapping, slightly curved, the apex blunt, margins strongly recurved; the facial pairs ending in a short, triangular, blunt point" (2).Range
S New Caledonia: 700-1300m (1) on the eastern slopes of Mount Humboldt (2).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Dallimore & Jackson 1967.
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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 21-Dec-98