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Agathis australis
Kauri (Agathis australis) is a very large conifer from northern New Zealand, growing up to 50 m tall and valued for its huge trunk and timber. It is a forest tree rather than a garden plant, and it is seldom grown outside its native climate.
Agathis australis, the kauri, is a species of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae, most commonly found north of 38°S in the northern regions of New Zealand's North Island.
It is the largest (by volume) but not tallest species of tree in New Zealand, standing up to 50 metres (160 ft) tall in the emergent layer above the forest's main canopy. The tree has smooth bark and small narrow leaves. Other common names to distinguish A. australis from other members of Agathis are southern kauri and New Zealand kauri.
Kauri wood was traditionally used to create large-scale waka by Māori, which could seat hundreds of people due to the size of the logs.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agathis australis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
