Agathis robusta

Kauri in Brisbane city

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Kauri with young foliage on trunk

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QUEENSLAND KAURI FACTS

Common Name
Queensland Kauri

Other Names
Smooth-barked Kauri

Description
The Queensland Kauri is a large evergreen tree growing straight and tall, with smooth, scaly bark. The leaves are 5-12 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, tough and leathery in texture, with no midrib; they are arranged in opposite pairs on the stem. The seed cones are round and 8-13 cm diameter. The cones disintegrate at maturity to release the seeds. The Queensland Kauri was heavily logged in the past but is not endangered.

Height
to 30-50 m

Distribution
southern population on Fraser Island and around Maryborough, and a northern population on the Atherton Tableland west of Cairns

Classification

Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Araucariaceae
Genus:	Agathis
Species:	robusta
Common Name:	Queensland Kauri