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Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Celery pine)

Synonyms: Phyllocladus alpinus
Language: Eng, mao; Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllocladus alpinus, the mountain toatoa or mountain celery pine, is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family. It is found only in New Zealand. The form of this plant ranges from a shrub to a small tree of up to seven metres in height. An example occurrence of P. alpinus is within the understory of beech/podocarp forests in the north part of South Island, New Zealand. The species contains the flavan-3-ols catechin, epicatechin and phylloflavan (ent-epicatechin-3-δ-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-β-hydroxypentanoate).
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Infraspecies

Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. trichomanoides

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [2]  0.53
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  A red dye is obtained from the bark; It is orange-yellow; The bark is astringent, it is a very rich source of tannin; Wood - very strong, dense, heavy. Used for mine props, sleepers etc; A much valued timber in New Zealand;
Height [1]  26 feet (8 m)
Width [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
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Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0