Classification
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales Gorozh.
Family
Cupressaceae Gray
Genus
Libocedrus Endl.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 257 (1867)
Vernacular Name(s):
Cedar (NZ); kaikawaka; New Zealand cedar; Pahau kokako; Pahautea
 Description

Tree up to 20 m., trunk up to 1 m. diam., bark falling in narrow thin strips. Branchlets distichous, of juveniles somewhat flattened up to 3 mm. broad, of adults tetragonous. Lvs quadrifarious; lateral in juveniles about 3 mm. long, dorsal and ventral c.1 mm.; in adults all lvs subsimilar, triangular, appressed, acute, c. 2 mm. long. Male strobili c. 2.5 mm. long, sporophylls 7–9, pend., apiculus thin, ovate. Female cones ovoid < 1 cm. long of 4 carpidia with projecting, dorsal, curved mucro. Seeds 2.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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