Calocedrus macrolepis

Taiwanese incense-cedar

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassPinopsida
4. OrderPinales
5. FamilyCupressaceae

Native toChina South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Observations2,119

Trees to 35 m tall; trunk to 1.5 m d.b.h.; bark grayish brown or reddish brown, smooth when young, fissured and exfoliating when old; crown pyramidal when young, broadly rounded when old; branches spreading and ascending. Leaves (1.5-)3-4(-8) mm. Pollen cones yellow, ovoid or oblong, 4-8 × 2-3 mm; microsporophylls each with (3 or)4(or 5) pollen sacs. Seed cones reddish brown when ripe, 10-20 × 4-6 mm; cone scales flattened, woody, fertile scales 2-seeded, basal pair small, ca. 3 mm, recurved, apical pair connate. Seeds subovoid or ellipsoid, slightly flattened, 5-6 mm. Pollination Mar-Apr, seed maturity Sep-Oct.

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