Biology:Podocarpus neriifolius
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Short description: Species of conifer
Podocarpus neriifolius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Araucariales |
Family: | Podocarpaceae |
Genus: | Podocarpus |
Species: | P. neriifolius
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Binomial name | |
Podocarpus neriifolius D. Don
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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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dy Phon Pauline, 2000, Plants Used In Cambodia, printed by Imprimiere Olympic, Phnom Penh
Wikidata ☰ Q1302736 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocarpus neriifolius.
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