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Panie kauri

Agathis montana

Also called Mount Panié Kauri

Panie kauri
Photo: vanessa_147/Pl@ntNet, CC BY-SA 4.0

Agathis montana is a tall conifer endemic to the higher slopes of Mont Panié in New Caledonia, known for its great longevity. It is a wild mountain tree rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Araucariaceae (Araucari family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in its native wet mountain climate, without waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
Cool to mild montane conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. New Caledonia (Mt. Panié)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Agathis montana, the Mount Panié kauri, is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae that is endemic to the higher elevations of Mont Panié in New Caledonia.

The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.

Other Agathis plants

Blue Kauri · Kauri · Borneo Kauri · Dammar pine · Tahan Agathis · Kinabalu kauri · Western New Guinea kauri · Koghis Kauri · Tanggilan Kauri · Kauri · Bull Kauri · Kauri

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agathis montana 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.

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