蘭嶼羅漢松
Podocarpus costalis C.Presl
Basic information
Scientific name: Podocarpus costalis
Family: Podocarpaceae
Common name: Igem-dagat
Chinese common name: 蘭嶼羅漢松
Fig. 1: 蘭嶼羅漢松 with it's conifer cones.
Discription
蘭嶼羅漢松(Igem-dagat) is a kind of shrub, usually reaching 3 to 5 meters height. It's belongs to gymnosperm. It also a perennial plant.
It has arond 8 centermeters long linear shape leaves with rounded tipper, glossy and lethery. The leaves oftenly fasciculate at the ending side of branches. When leaves become older, their light green color turn into dark green.
They only appears at Taiwan(Orchid Island) and Phihhines, growing at elevations below 300 meters.
Fig. 2: 蘭嶼羅漢松 with NSYSU International Research Building.
Distribution
Recorded from the Philippines and Taiwan, Province of China: found mainly in Lanyu Island, Taiwan, the Batan Islands in the Luzon Strait and a few islands on the east coast of Luzon. Additional records from northwestern Luzon need further verification (Batuyong et al. 2020).
Fig. 3: Dispersion of 蘭嶼羅漢松 (from iucnredlist.org).
All photos are taken by 鍾德叡.