Pinaceae

Keteleeria davidiana (Bertrand) Beissn?

N.Vietnam, Bac Kan Prov., Na Ri Distr., Liem Thuy Municipality, village Na Bo, around point 21º56'44''N, 106º05'09''E, at elevation 300-700 m a.s.l. Primary broad-leaved evergreen closed wet forest on very steep slopes and cliffs of rocky ridges and mesae composed with white solid marble-like crystalline limestone.

Tree up to 30 m tall and 1.5 m in diam, about 500 years old (on rings calculation) on tops of ridge. Common. Occasional co-dominant of fragments of coniferous forest on tops of ridge. Cones erect about 15

cm long and 3-4 cm in diam.

No HAL 4925 27 May 2004

Collectors: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, P.V.The, N.T.Vinh.