Tree at the Brisbane Botanical Garden, Queensland [C.J. Earle, 31-Mar-1996].

Foliage on the above tree [C.J. Earle, 31-Mar-1996].

Bark of a tree growing at 700 m elevation on Mt Panie in New Caledonia [Phill Parsons].

Distribution map (redrawn from de Laubenfels 1972).

Common Names

Mountain araucaria (Silba 1986).

Taxonomic notes

Description

"A columnar tree 10-40 m. tall. Branches numerous and spreading, 15-22 mm. in diameter. Bark dark brown or gray, exfoliating in thin strips or scaly. Juvenile leaves scale-like, non-flattened, ovate, lanceolate, 10 mm. long by 4-5 mm. wide, apex incurved. Adult leaves scale-like, bluntly acute to obtuse, ovate, 11-14 mm. long by 7-8 mm. wide, loosely imbricate, apex incurved, midrib prominent. Male cone cylindrical, 8-13.5 cm. long by 20-28 mm. wide, scales triangular, pollen sacs 12, microsporophylls triangular. Female cone 8-9 cm. long by 6-8 cm. wide; bracts short and acuminate, 5-10 mm. long. Seed to 3.2 cm. long, with oval wings and an elongated nut. Germination epigeal" (Silba 1986).

Range

N New Caledonia, type near Canala, 200-1400 m (Silba 1986).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

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Citations

This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.conifers.org/ar/ar/montana.html
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 2007.05.30