ໄມ້ຫີ້ງແດງ / Red Woody Pine

Use
Income
Shelter
Scientific Name / Family
Dacrycarpus imbricatus (Blume) de Laub. / Podocarpaceae
Synonyms
Bracteocarpus imbricatus (Blume) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
Bracteocarpus kawaii (Hayata) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
Dacrycarpus imbricatus var. imbricatus
Dacrycarpus imbricatus var. patulus de Laub.
Dacrycarpus kawaii (Hayata) Gaussen
Nageia cupressina (R.Br. ex Benn.) F.Muell.
Podocarpus cupressinus R.Br. ex Benn.
Podocarpus horsfieldii R.Br. ex Wall.
Podocarpus imbricatus Blume
Podocarpus javanicus (Burm.f.) Merr.
Podocarpus kawaii Hayata
Thuja javanica Burm.f.
Other Names
Conservation Status
Least Concern
Botanical Description

Tree to 40 m tall and 1 m dbh, with straight clear bole of up to 20 m and a dome-shaped crown. Branches spreading, often pendulous. Bark red–brown, rugose. Leaves imbricate, linear, 1.0–1.7 cm long, 1.2–2.2 mm wide, leaves on older trees becoming scale-like, imbricate, triangular, 1–3 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide. Involucral leaves spreading, acicular. Pollen strobiles axillary, cylindrical, 1 cm long, 2 mm wide. Seed strobiles solitary or grouped in 2 at the tip of twigs, but only one fertile, ripe receptacle red. Seeds glossy, reddish–brown, ovoid, 0.5–0.6 cm long. Pollination February–March, seeds September–November (Averyanov et al. 2014)

Description of Use

A valuable timber species with the wood used for pulpwood, house construction, furniture and a range of other products.(Thomas et al. 2011)

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