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5. Podocarpus motleyi (Parl.) Dum.wfo-0000475869

J. Bot. 52: 240. 1914; Wasscher, Blumea 4: 421. 1941.— Dammara motleyi Parl., En. Sem. Hort. Bot. Mus. Florent.: 26. 1862.— Decussocarpus motleyi (Parl.) de Laub., J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 352. 1969. Fig. 21.

Accepted Name : Nageia motleyi (Parl.) de Laub.
Blumea 32: 210. 1987.

Description : Tree up to 40 m high, 150 cm in girth. Leaves opposite or subopposite, coriaceous, very rigid, elliptic, 3–5 by 1.5–2.5 cm, apex acute; base cuneately narrowed into the very short, thick, slightly flattened petiole. Strobili solitary, cylindrical, 0.7–2 cm long; stamens with large, triangular, acute or acuminate apex. ♀ flowers solitary, axillary, peduncle short, ± 0.5 cm long; receptacle fleshy, 0.8–1.2 cm long. Seeds globose, 1.3–1.5 cm in diam.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Narathiwat.

Distribution : W Malesia (Borneo – type).

Ecology : In the lowland tropical evergreen forests or in swamp forests, usually at low altitudes.

Vernacular : Sang ching (ซางจิง), phaya mai (พญาไม้)(Peninsular); ra-yo-ka-yu (รายอกายู)(Peninsular Malay).