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Podocarpus elatus (Australian Plum; Brown pine; Plum pine; Illawarra plum; Yellow pine)

Synonyms: Margbensonia elata (homotypic); Nageia elata (homotypic); Podocarpus acicularis
Language: Chi; Rus

Wikipedia Abstract

Podocarpus elatus, known as the plum pine, the brown pine or the Illawarra plum is a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland. It is a medium to large evergreen tree growing to 30–36 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, 5–15 cm long (to 25 cm long on vigorous young trees) and 6–18 mm broad. The seed cones are dark blue-purple, berry-like, with a fleshy base 2-2.5 cm diameter bearing a single oval or globose seed 1 cm in diameter.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Hazards [1]  Superficially similar to Taxus species, but this plant is definitely not poisonous;
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [2]  0.482
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  Wood - tough, durable, silky textured. Used for cabinet making, indoor use and boat building;
Height [1]  98 feet (30 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia

Predators

Lindingaspis rossi (araucaria black scale)[3]

External References

Citations

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1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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