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KAURI PINS

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KAURI PINS , in See also:

botany, Agathis australis, a conifer native of New See also:Zealand where it is abundant in forests in the See also:North See also:Island between the North Cape and 38° See also:south See also:latitude. The forests are rapidly disappearing owing to use as See also:timber and to destruction by fires. It is a tall resirtlferous See also:tree, usually ranging from 8o to Too ft. in height, with a See also:trunk 4 to 10 ft. in See also:diameter, but reaching 150 ft., with a diameter of 15 to 22 ft.; it has a straight columnar trunk and a rounded bushy See also:head. The thick resiniferous bark falls off in large See also:flat flakes. The leaves, which persist for several years, are very thick and leathery; on See also:young trees they are See also:lance-shaped 2 to 4 in. See also:long and a to z in. broad, becoming on mature trees linear-oblong or obovate-oblong and a to 11 in. long. The ripe cones are almost spherical, erect, and 2 to 3 in. in diameter; the broad, flat, rather thin See also:cone-scales fall from the See also:axis when ripe. Each See also:scale bears a single compressed See also:seed with a membranous wing. The timber is remarkable for its strength, durability and the ease with which it is worked. The See also:resin, kauri- See also:gum, is an See also:amber-like See also:deposit dug in large quantities from the sites of previous forests, in lumps generally varying in See also:size from that of a See also:hen's See also:egg to that of a See also:man's head. The See also:colour is of a See also:rich See also:brown or amber yellow, or it may be almost colourless and translucent. It is of value for varMshmaking.

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