''Agathis dammara'', commonly known as the Amboina pine or dammar pine, is a

coniferous Conifers () are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a sin ...

timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...

tree native to

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, the

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and the

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Description

''Agathis dammara'' is a medium-large conifer up to tall and dmh found in lowland to upland tropical rainforests as well as lowland to lower montane rainforests. It belongs to the family

Araucariaceae Araucariaceae is a Family (biology), family of conifers with three living Genus, genera, ''Araucaria'', ''Agathis'', and ''Wollemia''. While the family's native distribution is now largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, except for a few spe ...

, widespread throughout the Jurassic, Cretacic and Paleogene periods and emerging in the Early Jurassic (around 201 Ma), but now confined to the southern hemisphere. Mature specimens are described as long clear boles with an emergent crown of first-order branches. The bark has been described to be of various gray tones and covered with resin blisters. The leaves have been described to be thick and highly variable in color in every tree. This tree is a source of dammar gum, also known as cat-eye resin, and is also used as timber.

Taxonomy

When first discovered and listed as a species it was placed in the genus ''

Pinus A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. ''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as c ...

'' (Lambert, 1803), and then later with the firs, ''

Abies Firs are evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the genus ''Abies'' () in the family Pinaceae. There are approximately 48–65 extant species, found on mountains throughout much of North and Central America, Eurasia, and North Africa. The genu ...

'' (Poir 1817), and then with its own genus, ''Dammara''. It was first recognised as being part of ''Agathis'' in 1807, when it was listed as ''Agathis loranthifolia'', and beyond that with species names ''beccarii'', ''celebica'' and ''macrostachys'', although it acquired many more names before ''dammara'' was settled on. ''Agathis celebica'' and ''Agathis philippinensis'' were previously considered distinct species but since 2010 have been synonymous with ''Agathis dammara''.

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''Agathis dammara''
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