ໄມ້ຫີ້ງຂົນ / Fir Tree

Use
Shelter
Scientific Name / Family
Cunninghamia konishii Hayata / Cupressaceae
Synonyms
Cunninghamia kawakamii Hayata
Cunninghamia lanceolata var. konishii (Hayata) Fujita
Cunninghamia konishii subsp. houaphanensis A. D. Silba & J. A. de Silva
Other Names
Conservation Status
Endangered
Botanical Description

Tree up to 60 m tall and 3 m dbh. with pyramidal crown. Bark fissured, gray to red–brown. Branches spreading, apically  pendulous. Leaves stiff, lanceolate, slightly falcate, apiculate, spreading in 2 ranks, glossy dark green, 1.5–3.5 cm long, with stomatal bands on both surfaces. Pollen cones terminal, (10)15–25 together, broadly ovoid. Seed cones terminal, solitary or 2–4 together, glossy green, later olive brown, void to subglobose, 2.0–3.5 cm long; bracts coriaceous, broadly triangular-ovate, base clawed, pointed at apex. Seeds dark brown, narrowly ovate, 5–6 mm long, narrowly winged laterally. Timber dull brown, very fragrant.(Averyanov et al. 2014).

Description of Use

Wood used for structure, furniture, boat and ect. the wood expensive for export to Vietnam about 500,000 LAK per square meter. This species has good promise for planting and reforestation as a fast growing tree with valuable fragrant timber.

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