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Range of Falcatifolium angustum (1). Adapted from a map by
Microsoft Expedia Maps
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Falcatifolium angustum de Laubenfels 1969

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Description

"Tree to 20 m tall, 6-25 cm diam. Juvenile leaves narrowly lanceolate and gradually curved slightly forward towards the apex, c. 7 cm long and 1.2 mm near the base. Adult leaves less curved or straight, pungent, keeled on each side, 18-35 by 1-2.5 mm. Somewhat immature pollen cones 8 mm long and 2 mm diam. Seed-bearing structures unknown" (1).

Range

Borneo: Two collection in Sarawak, near the coast. Found at 90-240 m elevation on podsolized sands and kerangas. Associates include Parastemon, Shorea albida and Gymnostoma sp. (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Laubenfels 1988.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/po/fa/angustum.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 29-Jan-1999

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