 | Libocedrus austro-caledonica Brongniart and GrisebachCommon NamesTaxonomic notesDescription"A small, symmetrical, narrow conical tree, up to 20 ft. high, the branchlets Selaginella-like in appearance. Leaves arranged as in L. plumosa, but larger, the lateral pairs much larger than the facial pairs, thick in texture, appressed and overlapping, slightly curved, the apex blunt, margins strongly recurved; the facial pairs ending in a short, triangular, blunt point" (2).RangeS New Caledonia: 700-1300m (1) on the eastern slopes of Mount Humboldt (2).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Silba 1986.(2) Dallimore & Jackson 1967. |
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