Podocarpus bracteatus

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Podocarpus bracteatus

Description

Tree 10-40 m tall, 15-100 cm diam. Seed with its covering including a small crest, 11-14 by 7 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present, Flores present, Mt Ranaka present, N. & Central Sumatra present
Malesia: N. & Central Sumatra (rare), throughout Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores: Mt Ranaka). .

Uses

An excellent timber tree.

Notes

The most common Podocarpus of the mountain forests of Java. Podocarpus neriifolius also occurs there, but rarely above 1600 m, while P. bracteatus is common to over 2000 m. Sterile specimens of the two are sometimes similar, but P. bracteatus has a narrower midrib, longer bud scales, and a more distinctly lanceolate shape.

Citation

WARB. 1900 – In: Monsunia: 192
Blume 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1072
Miq. 1851 – In: Pl. Jungh.: 2
PARL. 1868 – In: DC., Prod. 16: 515
DE BOER 1866: Conif. Arch. Ind.: 16
Blume 1849: p. 214. – In: Rumphia: t. 172, f. 1
PARL. 1868 – In: DC., Prod. 16: 515
Miq. 1851 – In: Pl. Jungh.: 2
ENDL. 1847: Syn. Conif.: 216
GAUSSEN 1976 – In: Gymn. Act. & Foss.: 187
BENNETT 1838 – In: Bennett & R.Br., Pl. Jav. Rar. 1: 40
EICHLER 1887 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 2: 104
HENKEL & HOCHSTETTER 1865: Synop. Nadelhölz.: 391
HENKEL & HOCHSTETTER 1865: Synop. Nadelhölz.: 392
GAUSSEN 1976: p. 189. – In: Gymn. Act. & Foss.: t. 806