Dacrycarpus cinctus

Botanical Description

Dacrycarpus cinctus is an evergreen tree with an open, flat-topped canopy; it can grow up to 33 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 20 - 90cm in diameter, free of branches for 12 - 20 metres[ 329 Title The Gymnosperm Database Publication Author Website http://www.conifers.org/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A vast amount of information on conifers and families of gymnosperms. , 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. In more difficult growing conditions, the plant can be a shrub as little as 2 - 4 metres tall[ 329 Title The Gymnosperm Database Publication Author Website http://www.conifers.org/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A vast amount of information on conifers and families of gymnosperms. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild on a small scale for commercial use of its wood. Dacrycarpus cinctus occurs over a very large area within the Malesian Archipelago and has been collected frequently for herbaria. Despite ongoing decline inferred from exploitation and deforestation in the region, it is currently too widespread and probably too common to meet any of the criteria for a threatened category. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].