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Family: Araucariaceae. Botanical name: Agathis macrophylla (Lindl.) Mast. In J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 14: 197 (1892).The genus name is from the Greek agathis, a ball of thread, an allusion to the globose female cone. The specific epithet comes from the Greek macros, large, and phyllon, leaf, referring to the large leaves. Whitmore (1980) amalgamated A. vitiensis (from Fiji) and A. obtusa (from Vanuatu)under A. macrophylla. This taxonomic change has been largely supported by ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase (rbcL) gene sequences, chemical analysis of diterpene acids and leaf micromorphology. Common names: Pacific kauri (English); dakua, dakua makadre, makadre (Fiji); duro, marabete (Solomon Islands); kaori, nendu, nejev, khoe (Vanuatu)