kahikatea

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Summary 4

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides or kahikatea (from its name in the Māori language) is a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand.

How to id 5

  • Confier, often buttressed, columnard growth form
  • Branchlets drooping
  • Adult leaves: scales, small (1-2mm), appressed, brown-green or glaucous
  • Juvenile leaves: narrow-linear (3-7 x 0.5-1 mm), acuminate, reddish-green
  • Seed purple-black, circular, in fleshy yellow to orange-red receptacle

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Jon Sullivan, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/16921893@N00/137374632
  2. (c) marystg, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por marystg
  3. (c) ZEALANDIA, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por ZEALANDIA
  4. Adaptado por Melanie Lapointe de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacrycarpus_dacrydioides
  5. (c) Melanie Lapointe, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

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