Agathis borneensis seed
LATIN NAME: Agathis borneensis
COMMON NAME: Bornean Kauri
The Bornean kauri is a handsome, upright, tall, evergreen conifer of the warm rain forests, and its fine, broad, oval or lance-shaped, glossy, leathery leaves and its large, round, woody cones have made it a treasured and fine tree of the region. It grows as an upright, tall, evergreen conifer, reaching up to fifty metres or more, with the upright, tapering trunk bearing the opposite, broad, oval or lance-shaped, pointed, glossy, leathery leaves and, through the warm months, the large, round, woody cones of the many seeds. It is a species of the coniferous tree in the araucaria family, and it is native to the warm rain forests of the Borneo and the neighbouring regions, while it is treasured for its fine timber and its fine resin, and it is known as the Bornean kauri.
In the araucaria family it is the broad-leaved kauri of the Bornean rain forests, a great tree whose clear resin has served the varnish-makers for the ages.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Bornean kauri holds a place of honour in the rain-forest papers of the region, and the botanists have mapped its place in the araucaria family and the warm forest flora. The chemistry of the fine, clear resin has drawn the attention of the natural-product researchers, and the foresters and the conservationists have studied the great, straight tree and the losses of its wild forests. It is a tree of the great, significant kind, and the native trees are to be protected in their forests, never taken from the wild.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the warm, moist, frost-free garden, the Bornean kauri is the broad-leaved conifer of the big garden. Its woody cones feed the small creatures, and the glossy, leathery, evergreen crown gives shade and shelter through the year. The clear resin has served the fine varnishes and the crafts of the region, and the conservation of the tree has been of the greatest importance. Broad-leaved, glossy and significant.
The seeds sit inside the large, round, woody cones — shake them out and sow them shallowly over the surface of pots of gritty, free-draining, lime-free soil, keep the pots moist in a bright, sheltered spot and never let them dry out, and the first fine shoots will appear in time.