Biology:Podocarpus neriifolius

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Short description: Species of conifer

Podocarpus neriifolius
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Podocarpus
Species:
P. neriifolius
Binomial name
Podocarpus neriifolius
D. Don

Podocarpus neriifolius is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It grows 10–15m tall, though very occasionally taller, in tropical and subtropical wet closed forests, between 650m and 1600m altitude.[2] In Cambodia however it grows in a dwarf form some 2–4m tall, at Bokor, some 1000m elevation.

It is found in India , Bangladesh, Nepal, China , Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines , Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Bhutan

Its common name in Khmer is srô:l.[2]

It has a yellowish wood, used in construction in Cambodia, where it is graded 2nd category (not as good as 1st, but above others).[2]

References

  1. Farjon, A. (2013). "Podocarpus neriifolius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T42521A2984612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42521A2984612.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42521/2984612. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dy Phon Pauline, 2000, Plants Used In Cambodia, printed by Imprimiere Olympic, Phnom Penh

Wikidata ☰ Q1302736 entry