Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich. & A.Rich

Scientific Name

Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich. & A.Rich.

Synonyms

Abies dammara (Lamb.) Poir., Abies dammara (Lamb.) Dum.Cours., Agathis alba Jeffrey, Agathis celebica (Koord.) Warb., Agathis hamii Meijer Drees, Agathis loranthifolia Salisb. [Illegitimate], Agathis orientalis (Lamb.) Mottet, Agathis philippensis Warb, Agathis pinus-dammara Poir.[Illegitimate], Agathis regia Warb. Dammara alba Rumph. ex Hassk. [Illegitimate], Dammara alba var. celebica Hassk., Dammara celebica Koord., Dammara loranthifolia Link, Dammara orientalis Lamb., Dammara orientalis var. alba C.Knight, Dammara orientalis var. pallens Carrière, Dammara rumphii C.Presl [Illegitimate], Pinus dammara Lamb.[1]

Vernacular Name

MalaysiaDamar gantungan, damar lea, damar lotong, damar tampea, damar wana gintungan [3]
EnglishAmboina pine, dammar pine, Philippines agathis, Manila copal [3]
ChinaBei qiao shan [3]
IndonesiaDammar raja (General); kisi (Buru); salo (Ternate) [2]
PhilippinesDayungon (Samar) [2]
GermanyHarzige kaurifichte [3]
SpainAlmaciga [3].

Geographical Distributions

Agathis dammara is distributed from the Philippines (Palawan and Samar), Sulawesi and the Moluccas; planted on a fairly large scale in Java. [2]

Botanical Description

A. dammara is a member of family Araucariaceae. It is very large tree that can reach up to 65 m tall. [2]

The adult leaves are elliptical, measuring 6-8 cm x 2-3 cm, taper towards the rounded apex and with solitary resin canals. [2]

The mature pollen cones measuring 4-6 cm x 1.2-1.4 cm. They are subtended by a peduncle that measure about 3 mm long while the microsporophylls are with a spoon-shaped apical part which measure about 2 mm x 2.5 mm and slightly angled at the apex. [2]

The mature seed cones are oval, measuring 9-10.5 cm x 7.5-9.5 cm while the seed bracts are roughly obtriangular with a small projection near the base on one side. The seed is with a short acute projection on one upper corner and a wing on the other. [2]

Cultivation

A. dammara is scattered but locally common in lowland rainforests up to 1200 m altitude. It is sometimes regarded as conspecific with A. philippinensis. The density of the wood is 380-660 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. [2]

Chemical Constituent

No documentation

Plant Part Used

No documentation

Traditional Use

No documentation

Preclinical Data

No documentation

Clinical Data

No documentation

Poisonous Management

No documentation

Line Drawing

Figure 1: The line drawing of A. dammara. [2]

References

  1. The Plant List. Ver1.1. Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich. & A.Rich.[homepage on the Internet]. c2013 [updated 2012 Mar 23; cited 2014 July 23]. Available from: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-4514
  2. Soerianegara I, Lemmens RHMJ. Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich. & A. Rich. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No.5(1): Timber trees: Major commercial timbers. Netherlands, Backhuys Publisher;1994.
  3. Philippines medicinal plants. Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich & A.Rich. [homepage on the internet]. c2012 [updated Dec 2012; cited 2014 Oct 16] Available from http://www.stuartxchange.org/Salong.html
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