Agathis philippinensis

Primary tabs

Agathis philippinensis

Description

Huge tree to 60 m tall. Seed c. 11 by 6 mm, broadly acute at one upper corner and with a wing c. 20 by 11 mm at its widest at the other corner.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Halmaheira present
Malesia: Philippines to Celebes and Halmaheira. .

Notes

Reports by foresters of 'different' trees in the southern parts of the Philippines may well apply to A. celebica which has been collected there. Most Philippine collections are of nondescript leaves and (rarely) immature cones.

Citation

MEIJER DREES 1940 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 468
auct. non RICHARD: DE LAUB. 1979: p. 499. – In: Blumea: f. I.
DALLIMORE & JACKSON 1923: Handb. Conif.: 147
SILBA 1986 – In: Phytologia Mem.: 36
DALLIMORE & JACKSON 1923: Handb. Conif.: 147