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Scientific name:	Calocedrus formosana (Florin)
Common name:	Yellow-flesh tree

Features:	The Calocedrus formosana is a cone-shaped evergreen tree with a straight trunk and reddish-brown bark containing red resin. The tree's yellowish-brown wood is considered to be of high quality, as it is solid, compact, and fairly resistant to termites. The tree has monoecious flowers and lignified, oblong cones containing two-winged seeds. Its leaves are scaly, thin, and small, but are more slender than the leaves of Chamaecyparis obtusa sieb. & zucc. var. formosana. The Calocedrus formosana is one the five most important coniferous trees in Taiwan alongside the Chamaecyparis formosensis, Chamaecyparis obtusa sieb. & zucc. var. formosana, Taiwania cryptomerioides, and Cunninghamia lanceolata.
Habitat:	The Calocedrus formosana is endemic to Taiwan. They are one of the most important tree species used in the afforestation of broad-leaved coniferous forest belts and are distributed primarily in warm-temperate forests at 500-1900m elevations.
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