Podocarpus neriifolius, commonly known as the Jati Brown pine, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to Nepal, eastern India, and Bangladesh through parts of Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) and Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines).
Previously, the species was thought to range eastwards as far as Fiji. David J. de Laubenfels identified the eastern populations from New Guinea to Fiji as a separate species, Podocarpus idenburgensis, distinguished by narrow, acute leaves.David J. de Laubenfels "New Sections and Species of Podocarpus Based on the Taxonomic Status of P. neriifolius (Podocarpaceae) in Tropical Asia," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 24(2), 133-152, (22 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.3417/2012091
Botany It grows tall, though very occasionally taller, in tropical and subtropical wet closed forests, between and elevation.Dy Phon Pauline, 2000, Plants Used In Cambodia, printed by Imprimiere Olympic, Phnom Penh In Cambodia however it grows in a dwarf form some tall, at Bokor, some elevation. It can grow in a variety of places like rocky hill-tops, swampy forest, kerangas, on limestone and sandstone soils.
It has a yellowish wood, used in construction in Cambodia (called srô:l in Khmer), where it is graded 2nd category (not as good as 1st, but above others).
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