Nageia motleyi

(Parl.) de Laub. (1987)

Common names

Malaya: podo kebal musang; Sumatra: kayu bawa, setebal (Palembang); Sarawak: medang buloh (Simunjan) (de Laubenfels 1988).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Dammara motleyi Parl.; Podocarpus beccarii Parl.; Nageia beccarii (Parl.) Gordon; Agathis motleyi (Parl.) Warb.; Podocarpus motleyi (Parl.) Dümmer; Decussocarpus motleyi (Parl.) de Laub. (de Laubenfels 1988).

Description

"Tree to 54 m high. Leaves 3-5(-7.5) by 1.5-2.2 (-2.8) cm, 1.5-3 times as long as broad; petiole 2-3 mm. Pollen cones solitary and sessile in the leaf axils, 15-20 by 5-6 mm. Apex of microsporophylls lanceolate to acuminate, at least 2 mm long. Seed-bearing structure solitary on a scaly 2-5 mm peduncle. Receptacle with 5-9 sterile, spreading, slightly enlarged bracts, 8-12 mm long before becoming ripe and fleshy. Seed with its covering 13-16 mm diam." (de Laubenfels 1988).

Distribution and Ecology

Extreme S Thailand; Malesia: Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak & SE Borneo). "Scattered in primary and secondary rain-forest, from very low altitude (15 m) to c. 500 m. It occurs on slopes and hills on dry soil, but also in Borneo in two different situations: in Sarawak it is collected on deep peat in a mixed ramin-peat swamp, but also on ridges and hillsides in bindang-dipterocarp forest and at Lawas at 1000 m on podsolic sandy loam" (de Laubenfels 1988).

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2026-01-23.

Ethnobotany

No data as of 2026-01-23.

Observations

No data as of 2026-01-23.

Remarks

The epithet honors botanist James Motley, who collected the type specimen.

Citations

de Laubenfels, David J. 1987. Revision of the genus Nageia. Blumea 32(1):210.

See also

The species account at Threatened Conifers of the World.