Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Podocarpaceae > Podocarpus > Podocarpus drouynianus

Podocarpus drouynianus (Emu berry; Emu bush)

Synonyms: Margbensonia drouyniana (homotypic); Nageia drouyniana (homotypic); Podocarpus brownii

Wikipedia Abstract

Podocarpus drouynianus is a species of podocarp native to the relatively high rainfall southwestern corner of Western Australia, where it is known by the name Wild Plum, although it is not a true plum. It grows around creeks in sandy or gravelly soil. It is usually a shrub, not often forming a single trunk, instead growing multiple branches from around the base. It is very slow-growing. The leaves are needle-like, 4-8 cm long, sharply pointed, green above and with glaucous stomatal bands beneath. The cones are berry-like, with a fleshy, edible purple aril 2-2.5 cm long and one (rarely two) apical seeds 1 cm long.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen

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1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0