Pinus caribaea

<p>Since Hi1mar Luckhoff (1964) started his work in 1957 on the variation and behaviour of <em>Pinus caribaea</em> in its natural habitats and in subtropical South African plantations, this pine has become the most important lowland timber tree being planted in tropical countries,...

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Main Author: Lamb, A
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Commenwealth Forestry Institute, University of Oxford 1973
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Summary:<p>Since Hi1mar Luckhoff (1964) started his work in 1957 on the variation and behaviour of <em>Pinus caribaea</em> in its natural habitats and in subtropical South African plantations, this pine has become the most important lowland timber tree being planted in tropical countries, because tropical foresters have come to realise that this is a pine capable of growing at sea level on poor infertile sites even at the equator...</p>