ໄມ້ໂລງເລງ / Fujian cypress
APA 6th ed. ໄມ້ໂລງເລງ / Fujian cypress. (2021, February 18). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000203
MLA 8th ed. ໄມ້ໂລງເລງ / Fujian cypress. Pha Khao Lao, 18 February 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000203.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ໄມ້ໂລງເລງ / Fujian cypress." Published February 18, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000203.
Cupressus hodginsii Dunn
Fokienia hodginsii subsp. kawaii (Hayata) Silba
Fokienia hodginsii var. kawaii (Hayata) Silba
Fokienia kawaii Hayata
Fokienia maclurei Merr.
Vietnamese: Po mu
Chinese: 福建柏 [fu jian bai]
Tree to 30 m tall and 1.8 m DBH with broad round crown. Bark red–brown, smooth, becoming irregularly fissured. Leaves of adult plants scale-like, imbricate, 2–7 mm long, ridged, with a white, depressed stomatal band abaxially; leaves of young plants flat and distinctly larger. Pollen cones apical, yellowish green to brown, ovoid to oblong, (2)3–5 mm long. Seed cones dark brown, subglobose, 1.5–2.2 cm in diameter. Seeds narrowly ovoid, 4–5 mm long, 3–4-ridged; larger wing ovate-dolabriform, 5 mm, smaller wing 1.5 mm. Timber light dull yellow–brown, fragrant. Pollination March–April, seeds October–November. (Averyanov et al. 2014)
Wood is light, fine, and aromatic with straight grains and can be made into valuable furniture, art articles, and produces charcoal of high heat value. The distillation of wood, especially that of the roots, gives a high value essential oil, used for cosmetics. (Hoang et al. 2004).