Flora of New Zealand Series

Dammara australis D. Don in Lamb. Pinus ed. 1, 2, 1824, 14, t. 6.

Podocarpus zamiaefolius A. Rich. Essai Fl. N.Z. 1832, 360.

Kauri.

Monoec. tree, resiniferous, up to 30 m. or rarely up to 60 m., trunk up to 3 m. diam., occ. up to 7 m.; bark bluish grey, falling in large, thick flakes. Lvs alt. to subopp., sessile, thick, coriac., parallel-veined; of juveniles lanceolate, 5-10 cm. × 5-12 mm.; of adults 2-3·5 cm. long, about oblong, obtuse. Male strobili 2-5 cm. long, stout, cylindric; female cones subglobose, 5-7·5 cm. diam.; carpidia broad above, narrowing to base, rather thin, deciduous, uniovulate. Seeds ovate in outline, compressed, winged.

DIST.: N. Lowland forest from near North Cape to lat. 38°.

See Kirk's Forest Flora 1889, 143-156 for many details concerning kauri and its uses.