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Pinus merkusii (Merkus pine; Mindoro pine; Merkus's pine)

Synonyms: Pinus finlaysoniana; Pinus merkusii ustulata; Pinus ustulata
Language: Filipino; Ger; May

Wikipedia Abstract

Pinus merkusii, the Merkus pine or Sumatran pine, is a pine native to the Malesia region of southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia in the mountains of northern Sumatra, and with two outlying populations in central Sumatra on Mount Kerinci and Mount Talang, and in the Philippines on Mindoro and in the Zambales Mountains on western Luzon.
View Wikipedia Record: Pinus merkusii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Pinus merkusii

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Janka Hardness [3]  620 lbf (281 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [4]  0.44
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Icerya samaraia[5]
Isotenes inae[6]
Isotenes miserana (Orange fruitborer)[6]
Milionia basalis[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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