Distribution map (redrawn from de Laubenfels 1972).
Common Names
Biramule araucaria (Silba 1986).
Taxonomic notes
Description
"A columnar tree to 30 m. tall, with numerous, spreading branches. Bark gray or brown, exfoliating in thin strips. Branches multi-stemmed at the tips, seasonal branches 8-13 mm in diameter. Juvenile foliage needle-like, non-flattened, curved inwards, apex sharply acute. Adult leaves spreading, ovate, scalelike, with a prominent midrib, 7-9 mm. long by 5-6 mm. wide, keeled, acuminate, stomata on both surfaces, apex incurved. Male cone cylindrical, 6-7 cm. long by l.5-2 cm. wide, scales acuminate, pollen sacs 7-8, microsporophylls triangular. Female cone 9-10 cm. long by 8-9 cm. wide; bracts erect, to 8 mm. long. Seeds to 3 cm. long, with a long triangular nut and with ovate wings. Germination epigeal" (Silba 1986).
Range
W New Caledonia: type from Mois de Mai, 300-1050 m (Silba 1986).
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 2007.05.30