Agathis australis

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 150 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Width: 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50.
Lifespan: perennial
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Exposure: sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
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Cultivation
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Scientific Names



Read about Agathis australis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Agathis australis, Salisb. (Dammara australis, Lambert.). The KAWRI PINE. Tree, 120-150 ft.: lvs. sessile, linear oblong, rarely elliptic, alternate, or opposite on the branchlets, l 1/2-2 in. long, 1/2-3/4in. wide: staminate catkins solitary: cones almost spherical, 2-3 in. diam. New Zeal.—Cult, outdoors in Calif., but not very successfully. Kawri gum, much used in the manufacture of varnish, is the partly fossilized resin of A. australis. It is found 5-6 ft. below the surface of the ground, in the northern part of New Zeal., where there were vast forests of this tree in ages past. CH


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