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Introduction |
Agathis spathulata de Laubenf.
- Protologue: Fl. Malesiana, ser. I, vol. 10: 435 (1988).
Synonyms
- Agathis robusta (Moore) Bailey subsp. nesophila Whitmore (1980).
Vernacular names
- Papua New Guinea: New Guinea kauri.
Distribution
Papua New Guinea.
Uses
The wood is used as kauri.
Observations
- A very large tree of up to 60 m tall.
- Adult leaves 7-10 cm × 1.8-3 cm, bluntly acute to broadly rounded at the top, tapering into a 5-10 mm long petiole.
- Mature pollen cones oblong, 4-7 cm × 0.9-1.3 cm, microsporophylls with a spoon-shaped apex of 1.5-2 mm × 1.3-1.5 mm.
- Mature seed cones oval, 8.5-10 cm × 6.5-7.5 cm, seed bracts broadly obtriangular-ovate, with a small projection at the base on one side and a larger one higher up on the other.
- Sseed with a sharp projection on one upper corner and a wing on the other.
A. spathulata occurs scattered as an emergent tree of rain forest or in groves on exposed sites at 900-2000 m altitude.
Selected sources
331, 748, 774, 778, 780.
Authors
- C.C.H. Jongkind (selection of species)
