Other scientific names: Fokienia hodginsii (Dunn) A. Henry et Thomas, 1911

Other names: Hang he; Glitter clouds; Cloud vac

Big timber trees, tower-shaped canopy, evergreen, 25 -30 m tall or more, trunk diameter of more than 1m. Straight body, no original stem. The bark is gray-brown, flaking into plaques when young, after longitudinal cracking, aroma. Scaly-shaped leaves, arranged in 4 rows. In young branches or nutrient branches, the belly of the abdomen is shorter and narrower than the two lateral leaves, up to 7mm long, up to 4mm wide, with a pointed tip; in old branches or cone-bearing branches, leaves with smaller scales (less than 1mm), with pointed tips inward. Headwear with the same origin; male cones ovoid or oval, 1cm long, growing in leaf axils; female hat near spherical shape, diameter of 1.6 – 2.2 cm, growing at the top of a short branch, when ripe into 5 – 8 pairs of reddish-brown scales, woodchild, shield shape, triangle-shaped peak, middle concave and has a sharp tip. Each of the scales has 2 seeds with 2 unequal wings.

Good wood, with fine grain, fragrant and no termite. Previously, po mu wood is often used to close coffins. Lao, Dao and Mong people often cut house shingles and make walls. Peat for high heat. Root wood used to distill essential oils for flavoring and medicine