Nageia motleyi
Malaya: podo kebal musang; Sumatra: kayu bawa, setebal (Palembang); Sarawak: medang buloh (Simunjan) (de Laubenfels 1988).
Syn: Dammara motleyi Parl. 1862; Podocarpus beccarii Parl. 1868; N. beccarii (Parl.) Gordon 1875; Agathis motleyi (Parl.) Warb. 1900; Podocarpus motleyi (Parl.) Dümmer 1914; Decussocarpus motleyi (Parl.) de Laub. 1969 (de Laubenfels 1988).
"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).
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).
No data as of 2023.02.21.
No data as of 2023.02.21.
No data as of 2023.02.21.
The epithet honors botanist James Motley, who collected the type specimen.
The species account at Threatened Conifers of the World.
Last Modified 2023-02-26
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