Sundacarpus amarus

Location & distribution maps

Plant description

Common name:         . . .  

Conservation status: Least concern

Etymology:   

Cones and seed:                            

Leaves:         

• The leaves are 5–15 cm long and narrow

Stem & branches: 

• Trunk from 12–140 cm in diameter

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A large evergreen tree, 10–60 m in height 

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

•  Native to parts of Australia and Malesia

• In Australia, the genus is found only in Queensland, primarily on the Atherton Tableland and adjacent parts of northeastern coastal Queensland

• It is quite common in New Guinea, New Britain, and New Ireland, where they are often found in montane forests together with southern beech (Nothofagus)

• Sundacarpus amarus is also found on the Indonesian islands of Buru, Halmahera, Morotai, Sulawesi, Lombok, Flores, Timor, Sumbawa, Java, Sumatra, in Sabah province on the island of Borneo and on Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Sundacarpus is a monotypic genus of conifers containing a single species Sundacarpus amarus, belonging to the family Podocarpaceae

  • Sundacarpus was designated a genus by C.N.Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species of Podocarpus or of Prumnopitys

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundacarpus (2023)