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<big>''[[Agathis labillardieri]]'' Warb.</big>
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:Protologue: Monsunia 1: 183 (1900).

== Vernacular names ==

*Indonesia: kayu damar putih (general), kessi, fuko (Irian Jaya)
*Papua New Guinea: New Guinea kauri.

== Distribution ==

Western and central New Guinea; also cultivated in the same region.

== Uses ==

The wood is used as kauri, especially for plywood and veneer as well as for pulp. Trees are tapped to obtain copal ("papeda").

== Observations ==

*A very large tree of up to 60 m tall.
*Adult leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 6-9 cm × 2-2.4 cm, acute, on a 5-7 mm long petiole.
*Mature pollen cones 2.5-3.5 cm × 1-1.5 cm, subtended by a 2-6 mm long peduncle, apical part of the microsporophylls prismatic with a series of lateral facies surrounding a flat hexagonal upper face 1-1.5 mm wide and long, the dorsal part sharply angled.
*Seed cones not shattering on maturity, oval, 8.5-10 cm × 7.5-9 cm, seed bracts roughly obtriangular with nearly straight lateral margins and a distinct projection on one side and an indistinct one on the other.
*Seed with a small and short, broadly acute projection on one upper corner and a wing on the other.

''A. labillardieri'' is locally common and seems to prefer slightly oligotrophic soils which are often podzolized, but it occurs on a wide variety of other soil types from sea-level up to 1700(-2500) m altitude. The density of the wood is 420-520 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content.

== Selected sources ==

79, 116, 163, 259, 263, 331, 453, 461, 478, 748, 773, 774, 775, 776, 780.

== Authors ==

*C.C.H. Jongkind (selection of species)

== Main genus page ==

*[[Agathis (PROSEA Timbers)|''Agathis'']]


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