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2. Podocarpus polystachyus R.Br.wfo-0000485181

ex Endl., Syn. Conif.: 215. 1847; Pilger in Pflanzenr. Taxaceae 18: 79. 1903; Dallim. & Jacks, Handb. Conif.: 79. 1923; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 5: 282. f. 228 1925; Wasscher, Blumea 4: 456. 1941; Back. & Bakh. f., Fl. Java 1: 90. 1963. Fig. 18.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Small tree about 8 m high, 60 cm in girth. Leaves crowded, coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3–7 by 0.4–0.5 cm, apex acute or mucronate. base cuneate; petiole very short ± 0.2 cm. Strobili yellow, cylindrical, 2–4.5 cm long, sessile, anther-scale triangular-ovate, acute or subacute. ♂ flowers solitary, axillary, receptacle ± 0.5 cm on a short stalk about 0.2 cm. Seeds elliptical, sometimes oblique, 9 by 7 mm with hard bony testa, red when mature.

Thailand : NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Luang).

Distribution : India, Burma, W Malesia (Malay Peninsula – type).

Ecology : In Thailand it is infrequently found in evergreen forests by streams on sandstone hills of about 800 m alt. This species often occurs elsewhere at low altitudes on granitic rocks along the seashores or along rivers and even in the mangrove swamps.

Vernacular : Son bai lek (สนใบเล็ก).