Common Name: Monoao

General Information

Halocarpus kirkii is an evergreen tree with a rounded or tlat-topped crown; it can grow up to 25 metres tall with a trunk up to 100cm in diameter[].
The fine-grained wood of this tree was much harvested in the past, but logging is currently banned. The species is not recorded in cultivation, but may be present in a few botanic gardens, though the only known specimen in the northern hemisphere is at Tregrehan in Cornwall, England[].
Halocarpus kirkii is the only species in the genus to attain large tree size and consequently it has been subject to overexploitation, with many of the forests in which it occurred now gone. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

New Zealand - North Island

Habitat

An uncommon forest tree, occuring in lowland subtropical mixed evergreen forests; at elevations up to 700 metres[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Near Threatened
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Evergreen Tree
Height	20.00 m
Pollinators	Wind
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The wood is fine grained, suitable for construction timber, a use to which it was put in former times when it was still relatively abundant around Auckland and in Northland. It is now protected from logging and most trees occur in forest reserves[]..

Propagation

Seed -