The leaves are lanceolate, flat, dark green, 1 3 cm long and 2 3 mm broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is more obvious.
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It grows best in an environment with high light levels, however in the relative darkness of the rainforest understory, it is less susceptible to attack by the cedar tip moth, which lays its eggs on the tree s leading shoot, allowing the larvae to burrow into the stem, causing dieback and a multi-branched tree with little commercial value.
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The leaves are spirally arranged on the shoots, but twisted at the base to lie in two flat ranks ( except on erect leading shoots ); they are linear-lanceolate, 4-12 cm long and 6-10 mm broad, soft in texture, with a blunt tip, green above, and with two conspicuous white stomatal bands below.
