Podocarpus neriifolius

Podocarpus neriifolius is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It grows 10–15m tall, though very occasionally taller, in tropical and subtropical wet closed forests, between 650m and 1600m elevation.[3] In Cambodia however it grows in a dwarf form some 2–4m tall, at Bokor, some 1000m elevation.

Podocarpus neriifolius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Podocarpus
Species:
P. neriifolius
Binomial name
Podocarpus neriifolius
D.Don (1824)
Synonyms[2]
  • Margbensonia neriifolia (D.Don) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan (1998)
  • Nageia neriifolia (D.Don) Kuntze (1891)
  • Nageia endlicheriana (Carrière) Kuntze (1891)
  • Podocarpus annamiensis var. hainanensis Gaussen (1976), without type.
  • Podocarpus endlicherianus Carrière (1855)
  • Podocarpus macrophyllus var. acuminatissimus E.Pritz. (1900)

It ranges from Nepal, eastern India,and Bangladesh through parts of Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) and Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines).[2]

Previously the species was thought to range eastwards as far as Fiji. David J. de Laubenfels identified the eastern populations from New Guinea to Fiji as a separate species, Podocarpus idenburgensis, distinguished by narrow, acute leaves.[4]

Its common name in Khmer is srô:l.[3]

It has a yellowish wood, used in construction in Cambodia, where it is graded 2nd category (not as good as 1st, but above others).[3]

References
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  1. Farjon, A. (2013). "Podocarpus neriifolius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42521A2984612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42521A2984612.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Podocarpus neriifolius D.Don. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. Dy Phon Pauline, 2000, Plants Used In Cambodia, printed by Imprimiere Olympic, Phnom Penh
  4. David J. de Laubenfels "New Sections and Species of Podocarpus Based on the Taxonomic Status of P. neriifolius (Podocarpaceae) in Tropical Asia," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 24(2), 133-152, (22 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.3417/2012091
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