  Distribution of the four varieties, redrawn from (1). | Dacrycarpus imbricatus var. patulus de Laubenfels 1969Common NamesMalaya: ru bukit (Kedah); Sumatra: ambun (Solok on W. Coast), balanidju (Kerintji), beru (in Karo Lands), ki mèrak, marak (Bencoolen), damanik (Simelungun), sampinur bunga (Karo-Toba), talas (Kroë, Bencoolen); Borneo: menjilu (Dusun, in Kp. Tindai, Sabah), tampilas (Dusun, in Sensurun, Sabah); Celebes: siozi (Mt Wuka Tampai, Palu) (1).Taxonomic notesSyn: Podocarpus cupressina Ridley 1911; Podocarpus imbricatus sensu Gibbs 1912; Podocarpus kawaii Hayata 1917; Dacrycarpus kawaii (Hayata) Gaussen 1974 (1).Description"Tree, 5-40 m tall, 10-100 cm diam. Adult foliage leaves not imbricate, spreading sharply, acicular, distinctly keeled on four sides, 0.8-1.5 by 0.4-0.6 mm. Involucral leaves to 3 mm long, spreading" (1)."Only in Celebes is there an overlap with var. imbricatus with possibly transitional forms. In Borneo, Mindanao, and along the northern coast of New Guinea specimens approach var. robustus in form. Specimens from the western and eastern parts of the range are identical and easily distinguishable from other varieties" (1). RangeN Burma, far S China, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao), Central Celebes, N. coast of New Guinea (incl. New Britain and New Ireland), and New Hebrides to Fiji. Common, but not in Java. "Scattered and common in primary and secondary rain-forest, mostly between 700 and 2500 m, in N. Sumatra at c. 400 m on sinterlimestone near sulphur springs near Tinggi Radja, up to c. 3000 m in Borneo, and occasionally to near sea-level in Fiji" (1).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) de Laubenfels 1988. |
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