Podo Cucur Atap, Malayan Yellow-Wood, Jamuju, Java Dacryberry

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Description

A small coniferous tree to 15 m tall in open areas to very big trees 40-50 m tall in forest. Foliage branches with 2 leaf types, short needle-like and longer flattened. Male and female cones in different trees. Pollen and seed cones treminal on short shoots. Ripe sides on a receptacle, subglobose, 5-7 mm long, receptacle 4-7 mm long, warty, orange-re or red when ripe.

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Ecology

A canopy or emergent tree of lower to upper montane forest above 1000 m, occasionally on sandstone or limestone.

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Distribution

China, N. Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, throghout Malesia to SW Pacific (Fiji and Vanuatu).

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Uses

Timber known as podo. The wood is light and used in light construction. It produces an excellent veneer for plywood. Sometimes planted as a street tree.