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Compilation of Trees

Name of Tree:
Almaciga Tree

Scientific Name:
Agathis Philippinensis

Botanical Description:

The Almaciga, Agathis Philippinensis, is a


tropical canopy tree that belongs in the
Araucariaceae (mostly coniferous trees).

Almaciga occurs in primary forests, at


medium and higher altitudes, 200 to 2000 meters
above sea level, from the Babuyan Islands and
northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, and in
most other islands and provinces, occasional
lowland cultivation and also occurs in Indo-China,
through the Malay Peninsula, and from the
Archipelago to the Moluccas.

Growth Habit. Almaciga is a very large tree


reaching 300 cm in diameter at breast height and 65 m in height. The trunk is straight,
cylindrical or may taper and sometimes with markedly spiral grain. It has no buttress but with
big swollen superficial roots. Sometimes the butt swells to a varying degree. The crown is
monopodial and narrowly conical. The branches are radial and may droop or turn at the ends,
and vary in thickness. It self-prunes to leave a clear bole. The bark is smooth, gray, 1-1.5 cm
thick and peels or sheds off in large irregular plates. It is a rich source of resin.

Tree. Almaciga is a large tree with a conical crown and whorled branches, growing to
a height of 50 to 65 meters, the trunk up to 3 meters in diameter with a smooth and
reddish- gray bark exuding resin. Branches cylindrical to angular, sub verticillate, dull light
green. Bud rounded, with few, imbricate scales.

Foliage. Juvenile leaves distinctly acuminate, 7 cm long by 3 cm wide, oval, with an acute
apex. Adult leaves dark green, leathery, narrow, non-acuminate, 4-5 cm long by 1.5-2 cm
wide, rounded at the apex, petiole 3-8 mm long.

Root. Almaciga has a taproot system, no buttresses but with big swollen superficial roots.
Young trees have a cone-shaped taproot and thin horizontal lateral roots. In older trees, most
of the laterals grow vertically from the taproot and sometimes reach a depth of 12
m. Horizontal laterals grow just below the soil surface and may cover an extensive area.

Fruits. Male strobili to 2.5 cm long; microsporophyll hump-shaped due to a broadly


depressed flange which occupies 1/2 of the exposed surface; pollen sacs 3-6. Female cone
globular, 7.5-12 cm long; exposed part of the scales much less than the total width of the
scale, upper corners of scales are broadly rounded and thin, scales with a prominent scallop on
lower third of each scale margin.

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Aranas, Hannah. Philstar. 25 March 2013. http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2013/03/25/923751/tree-month-part-1-almaciga-agathis-
philippinensis. 16 August 2017.

Earle, Christopher J. Gymnosperm Database. 30 May 2007.


https://web.archive.org/web/20070714041833/http://www.conifers.org/ar/ag/philippinensis.html. 16 August 2017.

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