Agathis corbassonii description

Herbarium collections of this species (de Laubenfels 1972).

Agathis corbassonii de Laubenfels

Common Names

Corbasson kauri.

Taxonomic notes

Description

Tree. Bark tan to red-brown, resinous, scaly. Juvenile leaves lanceolate, 10-11 cm long by 1.6-2 cm wide. Buds yellowish, 4 mm long, scales finely denticulate. Adult leaves linear, willow-like, oval, obtuse, 45-70 mm long by 6-11 mm wide, glaucous below, with a long petiole. Male cones cylindrical, 25-50 mm long by 6-10 mm wide; microsporophylls strongly imbricate, edges serrulate; anthers 4. Female cone obovate, to 10 cm long, with broad, round scales without a lip or umbo. Seeds with an oblong nut 15 mm long by 10 mm wide, one wing short and one oval to 20 mm long by 15 mm wide (Silba 1986).

Range

New Caledonia: N and C areas, type near Me Aoui, 300-700 m (Silba 1986).

Big Tree

Commonly 40 m tall (Silba 1986).

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

This species is listed as "VU B1+2c" (vulnerable; population is localised, fragmented and declining) by the WCMC, which adds: "Endemic to northern New Caledonia, this species is scattered in areas of lowland moist forest on non-ultramafic substrates. It is exploited for its timber, most heavily at a local level."