Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Description

"A small, symmetrical, narrow conical tree, up to 20 ft. high, the branchlets Selaginella-like in appearance. Leaves arranged as in L. plumosa, but larger, the lateral pairs much larger than the facial pairs, thick in texture, appressed and overlapping, slightly curved, the apex blunt, margins strongly recurved; the facial pairs ending in a short, triangular, blunt point" (Dallimore et al. 1967).

Range

S New Caledonia: 700-1300m (Silba 1986) on the eastern slopes of Mount Humboldt (Dallimore et al. 1967).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

See Also

Farjon (2005) provides a detailed account, with illustrations.