Phakhaolao Species Database

Serial no: 551

Status: Basic

Last update: 2024-10-26

ໄມ້ແປກສອງຍອຍ
Two-needles Pine
Pinus merkusii Jungh. & de Vriese

Plants

Woody plants

Trees and palms

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Local name:

Eng: Merkus's Pine, Mindoro Pine, Sumatran Pine Lao: Paek songbai, Paek yang, Khoua Vietnamese: Thông nh.̇ua, Thông hai lá ( Eng: Merkus's Pine, Mindoro Pine, Sumatran Pine Lao: Paek songbai, Paek yang, Khoua Vietnamese: Thông nh.̇ua, Thông hai lá )

Synonyms :

Pinus finlaysoniana Wall. ex Blume
Pinus merkusii subsp. ustulata Businský
Pinus sumatrana Mirb..

Family:

Pinaceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology

Global distribution:

N/A

Distribution in Laos :

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:

N/A

Invasiveness :

N/A

IUCN status :

Vulnerable

Lao official status :

N/A

Use

Use types:

Medicine
Shelter

Comments on use types:

Pinewood is mainly used for house construction. Used for board-making, window or door frames, old trees are chipped for resinous wood used as torches, also for matches, paper pulp, furniture, pit props, electronic poles, ships and vehicle-building. High content of resin, each tree gives 3–4 kg of resin per year which is used for medicine, paints, printing, and in the perfume industry.

Domestication:

N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:

N/A

Value chains:

N/A

Nutrition

Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:

N/A

Nutrient	/100g	Remark
Proteins	N/A	N/A
Carbohydrates	N/A	N/A
Fats	N/A	N/A
Vitamins	N/A	N/A
Minerals	N/A	N/A
Fibers	N/A	N/A

References

Photo credits:

References:

Leonid V. Averyanov, Tien Hiep Nguyen, Khang Nguyen Sinh, The Van Pham, Vichith Lamxay, Somchanh Bounphanmy, Shengvilai Lorphengsy, Loc Ke Phan, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Khamfa Chantthavongsa. 2014. Gymnosperms of Laos. Nordic Journal of Botany 32(6): 765-805
Hoang Van Sam, Khamseng Nanthavong & P.J.A. Kessler. 2004. Trees of Laos and Vietnam: A field guide to 100 economically or ecologically important species. Blumea 49: 201-349
Gardner S., Sidisunthorn, P. & Anusarnsunthorn, V. 2000. A field guide to Forest Trees of Northern Thailand. Kobfai Publishing Project. Bangkok. Thailand.
Farjon, A. 2013. Pinus merkusii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T32624A2822050. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T32624A2822050.en. Downloaded on 29 November 2018.

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ໄມ້ແປກສອງຍອຍ Two-needles Pine Pinus merkusii Jungh. & de Vriese