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Conservation status 2013

Nageia motleyi

(Parlatore) de Laubenfels 1987

Common names

Malaya: podo kebal musang; Sumatra: kayu bawa, setebal (Palembang); Sarawak: medang buloh (Simunjan) (de Laubenfels 1988).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Dammara motleyi Parl. 1862; Podocarpus beccarii Parl. 1868; N. beccarii (Parl.) Gordon 1875; Agathis motleyi (Parl.) Warb. 1900; Podocarpus motleyi (Parl.) Dümmer 1914; Decussocarpus motleyi (Parl.) de Laub. 1969 (de Laubenfels 1988).

Description

"Tree to 54 m high. Leaves 3-5(-7.5) by 1.5-2.2 (-2.8) cm, 1.5-3 times as long as broad; petiole 2-3 mm. Pollen cones solitary and sessile in the leaf axils, 15-20 by 5-6 mm. Apex of microsporophylls lanceolate to acuminate, at least 2 mm long. Seed-bearing structure solitary on a scaly 2-5 mm peduncle. Receptacle with 5-9 sterile, spreading, slightly enlarged bracts, 8-12 mm long before becoming ripe and fleshy. Seed with its covering 13-16 mm diam." (de Laubenfels 1988).

Distribution and Ecology

Extreme S Thailand; Malesia: Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak & SE Borneo). "Scattered in primary and secondary rain-forest, from very low altitude (15 m) to c. 500 m. It occurs on slopes and hills on dry soil, but also in Borneo in two different situations: in Sarawak it is collected on deep peat in a mixed ramin-peat swamp, but also on ridges and hillsides in bindang-dipterocarp forest and at Lawas at 1000 m on podsolic sandy loam" (de Laubenfels 1988).

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2023.02.21.

Ethnobotany

No data as of 2023.02.21.

Observations

No data as of 2023.02.21.

Remarks

The epithet honors botanist James Motley, who collected the type specimen.

Citations

See also

The species account at Threatened Conifers of the World.

Last Modified 2023-02-26